HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A brand-new Houston police officer has been reassigned pending a ‘use of pressure’ incident that occurred whereas he was a detention officer on the Harris County Jail.
The incident was caught on digicam and included in ABC13’s latest report on what former jailers name “rampant violence” contained in the jail.
“The Houston Police Division was lately made conscious of a video exhibiting a use of pressure incident involving a detention officer on the Joint Processing Middle in January of 2024,” the division stated in a press release.
The video exhibits a detention officer forcing a feminine inmate towards the wall earlier than slamming her to the bottom and holding her down. It occurs as different jailers look on. The inmate doesn’t seem to battle again.
Ten months after the incident, the jailer, whom HPD has not named, turned a Houston police officer.
“I could not think about him assembly an individual on the road with that disposition firstly of his profession,” stated civil rights lawyer U.A. Lewis after watching the video. “I am curious to know whether or not the sheriff’s workplace or HPD intend to deliver legal prices towards him. It is a crime.”
After the January incident, the officer entered the Houston police academy in April and graduated throughout a ceremony in November, changing into a Probationary Police Officer, HPD stated.
“An investigation has been initiated to find out the circumstances of the occasion and what data was disclosed by the worker in relation to this incident on the time of his utility. Presently, he has been assigned to administrative duties pending the result of the investigation,” HPD’s assertion continued.
The sheriff’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to questions concerning using pressure incident, whether or not the jailer was disciplined or terminated. No matter occurred, he was capable of finding a brand new division shortly.
Lewis stated that, ethically, candidates ought to disclose prior incidents, and HPD ought to ask about them regardless.
“You are making an attempt to be sure you do not enable an issue to develop and fester in your company,” she stated.
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