A federal grand jury has subpoenaed interview records for seven people, including five city police officers, as part of a look into complaints of police brutality in the beating of a city high school student.

The subpoena does not, however, seek copies of the testimony of the three officers currently under scrutiny in connection with the case. Federal court precedent precludes a jury from seeking such information under Fifth Amendment protections.

The likelihood that prosecutors are considering a criminal probe into the Jan. 11 beating of Jordan Miles was hinted at in a two-page subpoena delivered March 9 to the city law department.

"Do not include any report of an interview of an officer or employee that has been provided after some form of immunity from prosecution has been extended, to include a promise that the interview will not be used to prosecute the interviewee for a criminal offense," the subpoena's language advises.

None of those whose testimony is sought is thought to be a subject of any criminal investigation.

Under scrutiny in the wake of the incident are officers Michael Saldutte, Richard Ewing and David Sisak.

Jordan Miles, a city high school honor student, said he was beaten by three undercover city police officers as he walked in his Homewood neighborhood. He was charged with resisting arrest and defiant trespass but all charges were later dropped.

Police have insisted that Jordan was in a darkened space between two houses and appeared to have something inside his coat, then attempted to flee and fought with officers.

An attorney for one of the three officers under investigation yesterday said the three officers took and passed a polygraph test in connection with the case.

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