Officials in Louisville released two videos Thursday that provide limited
views of the scene last week at the entrance of
Valhalla Country Club.
One is from a police dash camera and the other
is from a camera mounted to a utility pole across
the street from the golf course.
The road was blocked that morning because a security guard
had been hit and killed by a bus that was
going into the PGA Championship.
That bus and other buses blocked the view of the
initial encounter with police officers at the scene.
The headlights of Sheffler's SUV can be seen under the
buses and then the SUV emerging as he drove to
the entrance being chased by an officer.
The other view, enhanced and zoomed in,
shows the officer jumping into the side of the SUV,
stopping Scheffler and then having a verbal encounter with him.
About two minutes later, Scheffler is walked into view in
handcuffs and placed into a patrol car.
There is no video of Scheffler's initial encounter with Louisville
Police Detective Brian Gillis.
In the criminal complaint, Gillis claims he was dragged,
thrown to the ground because Scheffler refused to stop,
and his $80.00 pair of pants torn.
Thursday, officials revealed that Gillis had failed to turn on
his body camera when he arrived at the scene to
help with the fatal accident.
Not activating the camera is a violation of department policy.
We understand the seriousness of the failure to capture this
interaction,
which is why our officer has received corrective action for
this policy.
Violation. This corrective action has been notated on a performance
observation form,
which is in line with our disciplinary protocol and practices.
We respect the judicial process and we will allow the
courts to proceed accordingly.
I know there are a lot of questions right now
from every member of the media here and people across
the entire city,
but we have to respect the legal process and that's
what we are going to do and we're going to
let that play out.
We want to move forward.
Mr. Scheffler has made it clear that he wants to
be moved forward and I know that everyone else involved
at LMPD wants to move forward.