Two off-duty Memphis Police Department officers are accused of street drag racing in their Corvettes.

Officers Albert Green, 40, and Raphael Willingham, 37, have been relieved of duty until an investigation is completed into charges they were excessively driving over the speed limit on Winchester Road near Hickory Hill Road.
A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper says he saw the two silver Corvettes speeding and that when the two suspects saw him, they hit their brakes. During a traffic stop, the trooper asked Green why he was drag racing, and he answered that he was not.

Now, the two officers have been suspended until the investigation is completed, and the MPD has issued this statement:
“These actions do not reflect the professional standards or expectations of the men and women of the Memphis Police Department.”
Green and Willingham were taken into custody Sunday and charged with drag racing.
They are out on a $4,000 bond. Green appeared in court Monday morning, and Willingham was due in court Tuesday at 9 a.m.

Ironically, Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis who was approved by the city council as chief earlier this year after having been moved to an interim tag in 2024 due to record crime in the city had just expressed her frustration and concern over drag racing and reckless driving on city streets to a group of college students.