HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Waffle) – A Huntsville City Attorney has confirmed the names of two Huntsville police officers connected to an ongoing investigation.

WAFF 48 News broke this story in August after filing several Freedom of Information Act requests.

Huntsville City Attorney Eddie Blair confirmed via email that former Sergeant Julian Johnson and Sergeant Jefford Wright are currently part of an ongoing investigation and open criminal cases.

Multiple sources told 48 News that Johnson and Wright are in the middle of this multi-incident investigation.

Johnson has been with HPD for decades, Wright has been on the force for over a decade.

In August, WAFF 48 reported the allegations centered on an improper relationship with a suspect who is out on bail.

The case had been reported to Internal Affairs, but a Huntsville attorney says the state attorney general’s office was called when nothing was done.

WAFF 48 introduced A Freedom of Information Act request for officers’ personnel files. Almost a month later I received the documents. However, Wright’s records for his 2022 and 2023 personnel evaluations were not included.

Wright is a senior officer working for the Department of Internal Affairs. Home Affairs is responsible for investigating the conduct of its officers.

I then filed another public request specifying information for the internal affairs files of both officers.

In the email sent to 48 News, Attorney General Eddie Blair confirmed that these were indeed the officers under investigation, but could not release the Internal Affairs files to us due to the ongoing investigation.

Wright’s status with HPD is unclear.

We have confirmed that Johnson recently retired from HPD.

The district attorney confirmed that his office reviewed Johnson’s cases to see how viable they were if Johnson was unavailable during the prosecution phase.

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