Albemarle officer placed on administrative duty after video shows student slammed to floor
ALBEMARLE, N.C. (WBTV) - An investigation was underway Wednesday after a video posted online showed an Albemarle High School resource officer apparently slam a female student to the floor.
The video, posted to social media on Monday, Nov. 9, shows two teenagers appearing to fight as four adults, including the officer, step in to separate them. It then shows the officer apparently slam one of the students to the floor.
The student’s head appears to bounce off of the floor.
The person who posted the video asked the Albemarle Police Department on social media whether its resource officers are trained to handle children that way.
WBTV reviewed the video with security analyst Karl de la Guerra, an Air Force veteran and certified police instructor since 1981. He said officers are taught to follow a continuum of force and to use “the appropriate amount of force to obtain your objective.”
De la Guerra said the officer would need to answer questions about why he used the takedown technique.
“Those questions are going to need to be answered when internal questions within his own department are asked about why he used the technique that he used,” de la Guerra said.
De la Guerra noted the video shows the officer holding the student a moment earlier, before they separate and reengage. He said he did not know whether that earlier interaction influenced the officer’s decision.
“No one wants to go hands-on with a child,” de la Guerra said. “Apparently, this time, the officer felt it was necessary to do such. Very interested to see what the internal investigation of the Albemarle Police Department reveals.”
Albemarle police said on Wednesday that the officer has been placed on administrative duty “pending the outcome of the investigation.” The department was asking anyone with video of what happened to share it with police.
WBTV reached out to Stanly County Schools for comment, but did not hear back as of this publication.
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