The Memphis Police Department Saturday announced that it has "permanently deactivated" its SCORPION unit, one day after the release of shocking video which showed the violent arrest of Tyre ...

activists began calling for those specialized units to be shut down. The SCORPION unit, which stands for Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods, was disbanded during ...

Over the weekend, the Memphis Police Department put an end to the city's so-called SCORPION Unit for good. This comes as five former officers face second degree murder charges in the death of 29 ...

The incident brought widespread scrutiny of the Memphis Police Department’s Scorpion unit, which was supposed ... who also runs a food truck. Just down the street from the store on Winchester ...

The Scorpion ... Red Dog unit was responsible for a series of scandals, including the shooting death of a 92-year-old grandmother in a botched raid, before it was shut down in 2011.

Before she agreed to disband the SCORPION unit in an effort to speed ... She added that she would not shut down a unit if a few officers committed “some egregious act.” Menos scoffed at ...