Police to probe protocols during Scottie Scheffler arrest - ESPN

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg on Tuesday said the city's police department will investigate whether its officers followed proper protocols when world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday outside Valhalla Golf Club, the site of last week's PGA Championship.

Louisville police chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said in a statement Tuesday that an update on the investigation will be provided Thursday.

«The internal investigation is still ongoing. Any policy violations that are revealed through the course of the investigation will be appropriately addressed according to LMPD's disciplinary protocol,» she said in the statement.

Greenberg said he thought it was «critically important» that police address its investigation, «not just in high-profile events like [those that] took place on Friday, but on a regular basis.

»And if policies are not being followed, there will be transparency about that. There will be action taken," he said, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.

An LMPD spokesperson confirmed to ESPN on Saturday that Det. Bryan Gillis failed to activate his bodycam video recorder before Scheffler was stopped, handcuffed and arrested.

The department's standard operating procedures for body-worn cameras (BWC), which were revised in December 2022, states that officers are required to «maintain their BWC in a constant state of operational readiness.»

The procedures further state that officers «will immediately activate their BWC in recording mode prior to engaging in all law enforcement activities or encounters.»

«From my understanding, based on the facts I am aware of right now, I understand why bodycam may not have been turned on at the initial contact between Officer Gillis and Mr. Scheffler,»