The career record of Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis has come under scrutiny in the wake of Tyre Nichols death due to police brutality.
indicates Davis, who became chief of police ion 2021, had originally been fired from the Atlanta Police Department after allegedly becoming embroiled in a botched sex crimes investigation “into the husband of an Atlanta police sergeant.”
The botched sex crimes operation allegedly occurred in 2008 while Davis had been serving as APD’s internal affairs commander. She was reportedly fired alongside another police employee. Per the AJC report: The federal indictment was issued after Atlanta police took no action in the case, though an investigation by the city later pointed to Davis largely as the reason.
Davis later retired from the APD in 2016 before taking a job as police chief in Durham, North Carolina. She rose to Memphis Police Chief in April 2021 when Mayor Jim Strickland selected her as the department’s first head female.
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