Detective Bryan Gillis, the officer who arrested golf champion Scottie Scheffler at the PGA Championship last week, has had a troubled past. Jason Riley of WDRB.com revealed that Gillis has been disciplined several times for wrecking his vehicle and missing court.
He also served a five-day suspension for doing “donuts” in his police vehicle while on duty with an intoxicated civilian. Louisville Police Det. Bryan Gillis has been disciplined several times for wrecking his vehicle & missing court, according to his personnel file.
He was also suspended 5 days for doing "donuts" in his police vehicle while on duty with an intoxicated civilian in a "Code 3" fashion pic.twitter.com/WsW9SlqGxy Riley also shared the list of all the times Gillis has been punished by the Louisville Metro Police Department, not including the Scheffler body cam violation.
He also has commendations in his file, I including one for issuing a “staggering 108 citations” during a four-hour period. pic.twitter.
com/iWKYOzrRSt On Thursday morning, Lousiville police chief Jackie Gwinn-Villaroel announced that Gillis had been disciplined for not turning on his body camera during the Scheffler arrest. “Detective (Bryan) Gillis should have turned on his body-worn camera, but did not,” Villaroel said. “His failure to do so is a violation of the LMPD policy on uniforms and equipment .
. . He was performing a law-enforcement action as defined in our policy.
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We understand the seriousness of the failur.
