He failed to appear for jury selection on May 14. There is a warrant out for his arrest. He recalled a police supervisor in Scottsdale who was demoted and suspended when he used excessive force on a prisoner. After an internal review, investigators determined that the type of force used was unnecessary because there were a number of officers there. You want to have a credible organization.
Departments feel like they are better than that.
Normally, suspects dictate whether an officer will use force, Diamond said. Sometimes there is no other choice but to hurt someone. The last time a Lakeland officer was fired for excessive force was in 1993. Officer Chris P. Donnellan lost his job because of a complaint about his treatment of a teen-ager. A year later, Lakeland police Officer Alan C. Pasciuto received a written reprimand from the department for excessive force.