EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Four Evansville police officers are suspended without pay after body camera video showed two of them using force against a handcuffed burglary suspect and screaming at him.
Police Chief Billy Bolin told a news conference Friday those two officers and a third who did nothing to intervene have been suspended for 21 days without pay and recommended for dismissal. He says a sergeant who reported the officers’ actions were justified also has been suspended for 21 days without pay and recommended for demotion.
The Evansville Courier & Press reports (https://bit.ly/2f2TUyc ) the officers’ names haven’t been released.
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The incident occurred Oct. 29. Bolin says the video shows an officer who was searching the handcuffed suspect poked his hand on a needle in the suspect’s pocket before the force and screaming ensued.
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Information from: Evansville Courier & Press, https://www.courierpress.com
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