"Deputies are trained to take suspects who resist to the ground in order to gain compliance and to safely handcuff the suspect," Yu said in an email on Wednesday. Tom Yu, an attorney representing the deputy who tackled the woman, says his client took her "down to the ground due to her being resistant." It wasn't immediately clear whether they had lawyers who could comment for them. The man was arrested and cited for resisting for delaying an officer, petty theft or attempted petty theft and interfering with a business, while the woman was cited for assaulting an officer and battery after assaulting loss prevention personnel, Luna said.
The woman was treated at a hospital after complaining of pain to her eyes after being pepper-sprayed, and she also had scrapes to her arms, the sheriff said. Cell phone video of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy arresting a woman in Lancaster, California, on June 24, 2023. In bodycam video, the woman is heard yelling "I can't breathe," while the man tells the other deputy that the woman has cancer. BSO Facebook BSO Twitter BSO Youtube BSO Instagram Dial 911 for Emergencies Only. 2601 West Broward Boulevard Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312. The Inmate Information Handbook is available in the following languages. You may call (954) 831-5900 or visit the information window, which is open 24-hours-a-day, located in the lobby of BSOs Main Jail. The deputy puts his knee on the woman's back while he handcuffs her. To locate an inmate, please use the Arrest Search app.
It's also testing the reform efforts of the new sheriff, Robert Luna, a former Long Beach police chief who has vowed to overhaul the nation's largest sheriff's department since taking it over in December after defeating incumbent Alex Villanueva.īoth officers were pulled off field duty, Luna said during an afternoon news conference, and could face discipline ranging from letters of reprimand all the way up to dismissal if misconduct is found. The June 24 incident outside a WinCo Foods grocery store in the city of Lancaster follows several cases that have drawn scrutiny to the department amid allegations of excessive use of force by its deputies. The Los Angeles County sheriff says a bystander's cell phone footage taken last month showing a deputy violently tackling a woman while she filmed a man being handcuffed, then pepper-spraying her in the face, is "disturbing," and community groups on Wednesday called for the department's new chief to hold his agency accountable. Sheriff's Department reassign deputies tied to violent encounter with Lancaster woman Sheriff's Department reassign deputies tied to violent encounter with Lancaster woman 03:32
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