School police officer caught on camera slamming 12-year-old girl

[Transborderwife 4,666]

I just am amazed that there's such thing as dedicated "school police". Is this a post columbine thing? I had never heard of such a thing in Canada. This week husband was talking about it as we passed a cruiser marked school police.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

How about this, if you were having a disagreement, and let's be real teenager girls can be hard to deal with because all of the changes, would you body slam your daughter?

I wouldn't, no. But what was occurring that lead to the police being called? Why is it too much to ask that the girl not act like she is above the law? Where is the 5 or 10 minutes of video before the takedown? I simply don't get the mentality that some people appear to have that says if I don't feel like dealing with a police officer I don't have to. Sorry but I am reminded of Lost posting a highly edited version of the Oregon Y'all Quada member being shot that left out the previous refusal to exit the vehicle when stopped, verbal threats to shoot anyone trying to stop him, nearly running over an officer, then jumping out of the vehicle and trying clearly to get the gun from his pocket rather than keeping his hands up.

Edited April 9, 2016 by ready4ONE

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Some schools have a police officer stationed there full time...this may be one of those schools

[Janelle2002 3,865]

If you have police or you call the police, it's for help, not to make the situation worse. Even if she was defiant she's 12. A normal parent world have been arrested for body slamming their defiant child.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Local woman claims IFPD officer assaulted her 12-year-old son

By Chelsea Brentzel

Published On: Apr 02 2016 12:02:58 AM CDT

Updated On: Apr 02 2016 09:09:23 PM CDT

Local woman claims an IFPD officer assaulted her minor son

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) -

VIDEO IN STORY IS A REENACTMENT.

A local woman claims an Idaho Falls police officer assaulted her 12-year-old son.

The mother is now starting the process to take legal action against IFPD.

Amy Olzak's attorney sent a tort claim to IFPD last week.

It claims that an IFPD officer used unnecessary and excessive force on Olzak's minor son.

The damages stated on that claim are broken teeth, a possible concussion, and bruising and trauma to the neck and facial area.

"He walked over to my son and then he put my son's hand behind his back and like lifted him up in the air and slammed his face into the trunk of a car," Olzak said.

Olzak said she reported her son missing on March 13.

"I just wanted them to help me find where he was," said Olzak.

Olzak and friends say they spent the day searching for him.

The mother says she immediately called dispatch after he was located by her friend.

"I just wanted them to be aware. They came over. I talked to an officer for a minute and he walked over to my son. Then he put my son's hand behind his back and like lifted him up in the air and slammed his face into the trunk of a car," said Olzak.

The car belongs to Courtney Beck. Beck said she doesn't know why the officer did that. She says there was "absolutely no reason for it".

"He put his arm behind his back and his head into the back of trunk hard enough that it chipped his tooth and then placed him under arrest,"said Beck.

Jessica Bowles said she witnessed the whole thing and couldn't believe what happened.

"I walked up closer and saw a chipped tooth, blood, and two fats lips," said Bowles.

The mother said she called dispatch again.

"Another officer came over and they decided he needed medical attention," said the mother.

All three women said the officer kept the boy in handcuffs and took him to the hospital.

"He was kept in handcuffs until I took him home," Olzak said.

Olzak said she does not know why the officer arrested her son.

"In this particular case there was a juvenile that was signed as a runaway," said IFPD Capt. Royce Clements. Clements said Idaho law gives police permission to pick up the child and release them to a 3-b detention center or family regardless of what the child wants. Clements also said law allows officers to arrest runaways. He says IFPD takes allegation and complaints against it's officer very seriously.

"In this particular case it was determined that we did send this to internal affairs and that is ongoing. When a case goes to internal affairs there is a process by which we go through that. Once that investigation is completed the full results of that come back to the chief of police and as an administrative team we discuss that and make a determination as if or what sanctions will or need to take place," Clements said.

Clements is not sure when that investigation will be complete.

"We know we can't effectively do this job without the trust of the public. When the public comes in and they're not happy with something that we're doing we take a hard look at it and see what we can do," said Clements.

The mother said she was never notified of any charges filed against her son.

Local News 8/KIDK Eyewitness News checked the Idaho Repository Friday night. At that time we did not find any recent charges filed against the minor.

We asked IFPD if it has body camera video.

The department told us at this time it does not require officers to wear body cameras.

IFPD said it cannot comment any further because it's an ongoing investigation.

Copyright 2016 NPG of Idaho. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

http://m.localnews8.com/news/local-woman-claims-ifpd-officer-assaulted-her-12yearold-son/38830126

Edited April 9, 2016 by Janelle2002

[Jacque67 7,328]

What's IFPD?

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Dedicated school police have been around in some districts for decades. It's somewhat sad that dedicated School Resource Officers are needed.

I just am amazed that there's such thing as dedicated "school police". Is this a post columbine thing? I had never heard of such a thing in Canada. This week husband was talking about it as we passed a cruiser marked school police.

Edited April 9, 2016 by f&c

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Idaho Falls Police Department.

What's IFPD?

[ExPatty 502]

Both the cop and the girl he threw learned valuable lessons in that video.

[Boiler 45,474]

If I had pulled that sort of it would not have been the Police I would have been worried about.

[ExPatty 502]

If I had pulled that sort of #### it would not have been the Police I would have been worried about.

Of course to the bulk of us the idea of ever acting like that to a cop is absolutely impossible to compute. I'm sure she was mouthing off and acting like a general imbecile, having gotten away with far too much in her life, no respect for anybody, least of all a damn po po, so she learned a very nasty lesson about it. Well, in theory. I doubt she actually learned much at all.

Unfortunately, he overreacted as well, using the same move an alabama cop used a year or two back on an indian guy in huntsville (look it up, it was bad). It's difficult to control a person acting like that.

I blame her parents. No girl that age should ever even get to the point where behaving like this is even in the realm of possibility.

Edited April 10, 2016 by ExPatty

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Probably Parent.

[Jacque67 7,328]

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[Robby999 1,024]

Unfortunate, yes but why on earth do parents not teach their kids to behave?

Exactly! I guess they are too busy trying to be a friend instead of a parent!