‘Violation’: Police video released of golfer Scottie Scheffler’s arrest
The arrest of Scottie Scheffler on his way to the PGA Championships has taken a turn with a police officer involved being reprimanded.
The saga of the arrest of the world’s No.1 golf player Scottie Scheffler has taken another turn as the local police head said the officer involved had received “corrective action” for a policy violation during the incident.
That revelation came as local police released video footage from the incident showing Scheffler’s car surrounded by officers.
Early last Saturday, Scheffler was arrested in Louisville, Kentucky, when the 27-year-old attempted to move around congestion chased by a fatal accident involving a PGA volunteer disobeying a police officer’s orders in the process.
He was on his way to the second round of the PGA Championships.
The golfer was handcuffed, led away and photographed in prison scrubs before being released and returning to the championships.
Scheffler was charged with felony assault on a police officer, criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from an officer directing traffic.
However on Thursday, Louisville Police chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said the officer involved, Detective Bryan Gillis, had not turned his body worn camera on which was a requirement of his job, Fox News reported.
“Detective Gillis should have turned on his body-worn camera, but did not. His failure to do so is a violation of the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) policy on uniforms and equipment, subject category body worn camera,” chief Gwinn-Villaroel said.
“We understand the seriousness of the failure to capture this interaction, which is why our officer has received corrective action for this policy violation.”
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said it was “critically important,” that police officers activated their body cameras.
On Thursday, local time, LMPD released video footage of the accident scene. One video, 55 minutes of police dashcam footage, showed vehicles and coaches moving slowly, as well as officers and traffic police meeting on the street, reported the New York Post.
Another mounted on a lamppost showed the overall scene. In one corner of the image which is blurry appears to show Scheffler’s car parking and police surrounding the vehicle and handcuffing the golfer.
There doesn’t appear to be any video of an alleged incident where an officer was dragged by Scheffler’s car or of his initial discussions with police
CNN has reported that some Louisville police officials found the felony assault charge against Scheffler to be “excessive.”
Scheffler, diplomatically, had positive words to say about the officers that arrested him.
“They were really kind. I’m grateful that we have such strong police, and they’re our protectors out there,” he said following the incident on Saturday.
“It was a very chaotic situation, understandably so considering the tragic accident that had occurred earlier, and there was a big misunderstanding of what I thought I was being asked to do. I never intended to disregard any of the instructions.”
Scheffler passed on his condolences to the dead man’s family which sparked the incident.
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