The alleged assault, which is being investigated by the Greensboro Police Department’s criminal and internal affairs divisions, took place in a vehicle sometime between 11 p.m. Dec. 14 and 1 a.m. Dec. 15, Assistant Chief Gary Hastings said Thursday.Sgt. A.S. Wallace, 43; Officer J.O. LeGrand, 37; and Officer C.S. Stevens, 42, have been suspended with pay since Dec. 18, when the department began its criminal and administrative investigations. The three are assigned to the Tactical Special Enforcement Team, which investigates street-level drug sales and other activities associated with violent crime. [.]

The victim is another of Greensboro’s finest who accepted a ride from the three suspects. The police department tried to conceal the basic facts of the case by claiming the case was an internal personnel matter. It took a 40 minute private meeting of the city council to decide that the information should be released.

Compare this to the Sal Culosi case in Fairfax, Virginia when the Fairfax PD wouldn’t release the name of the officer who negligently fired the fatal bullet until MONTHS after the incident.