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We have received inquiries over the past few days related to an arrest made by our Officers. We are releasing a narrative and body cam video to address concerns that some have raised.
On February 16, 2021, at approximately 10:47 p.m., police dispatch received a Welfare Concern call where a caller stated that a black male subject wearing a short-sleeve shirt and shorts was walking down Hedgcoxe Road and was stumbling. Responding officers located the subject, and although he was wearing a short-sleeve shirt, he did have long pants. Temperatures at that time were in the teens, with snow and ice on the ground. Concerned for his welfare and the possibility of the subject being in a mental crisis, delusional, or impaired, the officers attempted to contact him. As the officers continued to speak with the subject, he continued walking away from them. Officers repeatedly told him they were there to help him. The officers followed him for quite a distance when one officer advised over his vehicle PA system that we needed to speak with him and could offer him help.
The subject continued walking away without acknowledging the officers. Officers exited their vehicles and attempted to speak with him. When asked where he was going, the subject replies that he is going home as he continues to walk. Officers ask where was his home and he does not answer. One of the officers stands in front of the subject to block his path while another officer tells him he is being lawfully detained for the violation of Pedestrian in the Roadway as he was seen walking in middle of the street. After being told he was being lawfully detained, the subject responded with “no” and attempts to walk around the Officers. Officers then attempted to place the subject in handcuffs. While doing so, the subject resists their efforts to handcuff him. After being handcuffed, the subject was placed in a police Tahoe and transported to the Plano City Jail. The arresting Officer noted in the arrest report that although the subject committed the Class B misdemeanor offense of Interference with Public Duties by resisting Officers efforts to detain and handcuff him, the Officers elected to only charge him with Pedestrian in the Roadway, a Class C misdemeanor.
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