Cop disciplined for bodycam being off in Scottie Scheffler case - ESPN

The Louisville Metro Police Department has taken «corrective action» against the police officer who arrested world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler last week because he didn't activate his bodycam video recorder during the incident outside the gates of Valhalla Golf Club, police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel announced Thursday.

During a news conference, Gwinn-Villaroel said Det. Bryan Gillis violated the department's standard operating procedures for body-worn cameras (BWC), which states that officers are required to «maintain their BWC in a constant state of operational readiness.»

«Detective Gillis did not have his body-worn camera operationally ready as required by our policy,» Gwinn-Villareal said. «He was performing a law-enforcement action as defined in our policy. Further, section 4.31.7 states members will maintain their BWC in constant state of operational readiness.

»Detective Gillis should have turned on his body-worn camera but did not. His failure to do so is a violation of LMPD policy on uniforms and equipment."

Gwinn-Villaroel said that Gillis was counseled by his supervisor and that the violation was noted in his personnel file.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said there is no video available of when Gillis made his initial interaction with Scheffler.

«We understand the seriousness of the failure to capture this interaction, which is why our officer has received corrective action for this policy violation,» Gwinn-Villaroel said.

On Thursday, the Louisville police department released two videos that were captured by a fixed security camera on the other side of the road where Scheffler was arrested and by a dashcam video camera in a police car at the scene.

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