Hutch Starskey
Diamond Member
- Mar 24, 2015
- 36,038
- 9,459
- 1,340
In effect he was. She assaulted him, then he used his trained procedures to put her into restraints, and he got fired for it.Irrelevant.
He wasn't fired for the girl's action.
Apparently not.
"The third video shows the student striking Deputy Fields in the face with her fist when his hand makes the initial contact with her arm. At that point the arrest escalates to Deputy Fields using force to arrest her. In my opinion Deputy Fields could have accomplished the arrest or handled the situation without some of the actions he did. The one that concerns me the most was the throwing of the student across the floor. I do not feel that was proper and follows our policy and procedures. Our training unit verified that the maneuver was not based on training or acceptable. Based on his actions, Deputy Fields has been terminated as a Deputy Sheriff with the Richland County Sheriff's Department."
Read more here: Richland Co. Sheriff Leon Lott’s statement on firing of deputy Ben Fields
