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GREENSBORO - Mayor Yvonne Johnson today asked City Manager Mitchell Johnson to update City Council members on the status of the investigation into three police officers accused of assault.

The mayor said she asked Mitchell Johnson to call each council member today to provide details about the incident.

The alleged incident is part of a criminal and administrative investigation, according to the police department. The officers are: Sgt. A.S. Wallace, 43; Officer J.O. LeGrand, 37; and Officer C.S. Stevens, 42. They have been suspended with pay while the investigation continues.

City officials have refused to discuss the date, time, location and nature of the alleged assault. It's unclear whether the officers were on or off duty at the time the alleged incident was said to have occurred.

The allegation comes just days after the City Council voted unanimously to give the police department $500,000 to put more officers on the street.

Mayor Johnson said she is "disappointed and distraught" by the allegations and has pledged to share as much information with the public as possible once she receives an update from the city manager.

"I think the majority of men and women of the police department are excellent," the mayor said. "But I think we have got to get some things cleared in this department.

"Frankly, I would at this point be prone to suggest an audit of every city department."

Contact Margaret Moffett Banks at 373-7031 or margaret.banks@news-record.com