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GREENSBORO - The county's top prosecutor has asked state officials for help investigating former Greensboro police Chief David Wray's administration.

Guilford County District Attorney J. Douglas Henderson contacted the N.C. Attorney General's Office to avoid a conflict of interest with the city's police department, according to a news release.

The Attorney General's Office will provide legal advice and opinions and review actions and concerns to determine if they violate state laws.

The State Bureau of Investigation is also assisting with the criminal investigation into the now-disbanded Special Intelligence Section that operated under Wray's tenure before he resigned in January.

Greensboro police officials will not release more information until the probe is complete.

An independent consultant and the city attorney's office documented problems last year with Wray's management and the appearance of internal racial profiling under his watch.

Interim Chief Tim Bellamy declined comment on the attorney general's involvement Monday, other than to say he asked Henderson for help from the SBI.

Henderson said it is not clear if his office will get involved in the investigation in the future.

"It's hard to say where this thing's going to go," Henderson said. "My guess, wherever it goes is likely to take months as opposed to weeks. Somewhere along that long and winding road we'll probably make a decision about whether it will involve us or not."

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