September 17, 2024

Louisville police officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler had been previously suspended

Detective Bryan Gillis has faced various discipline over workplace violations going back more than a decade.

Employment records from Thursday showed that the policeman who handcuffed world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler had a long disciplinary history that includes several suspensions.

Scheffler was arrested on May 17 by Detective Bryan Gillis as he attempted to enter Valhalla Golf Club while authorities were looking into a deadly accident that had occurred nearby.

Scheffler has insisted that he drove into the club according to police instructions. Scheffler, according to arresting police, did not adhere to instructions.

To make matters more complicated, Gillis did not turn on his body-worn camera when he came into contact with Scheffler, according to municipal officials.

The only video that has surfaced so far appears to be from the dashboard of a police car and a roadside pole, and neither set of tape makes it apparent why Scheffler was handcuffed.

The video and Gillis’s personnel files were made public by the Louisville Metro Police Department on Thursday.

Gillis was suspended for five days for “conduct unbecoming” for driving “an intoxicated civilian in your police vehicle” and “proceeding to doing ‘donuts’ in a business parking lot,” according to a Sept. 18, 2013, memo from then-Chief Steve Conrad.

Louisville police officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler had been previously suspended

In addition, he was reprimanded for pursuing “a vehicle that did not commit a violent felony or wanted on a warrant,” as stated in a document written by the Chief at the time on June 9, 2021.

Gillis received oral reprimands after it was determined that she was “at fault” for incidents on May 22, 2021, and August 6, 2019.

Additionally, Gillis was deemed to be “at fault” for an accident on December 1, 2013, which resulted in an oral warning and the requirement of driver’s education.

In 2010 and 2011, the officer received one-day bans for missing court dates. According to records, that was followed by a four-day suspension in 2012 for continuing to miss court dates.

In a “high-intensity traffic enforcement detail” that “culminated in you issuing a staggering 108 citations (114 charges, 1 DUI arrest) out of 201 citations issued during the four-hour operational period” on September 16, 2021, Gillis was one of seven officers who were commended for going “above and beyond” the call of duty.

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