Officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler disciplined for not having bodycam activated

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky police officer who arrested top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler outside the PGA Championship is receiving “corrective action” for not having his body-worn camera activated when he approached the golfer’s vehicle — an interaction that allegedly resulted in the officer being dragged to the ground, authorities said Thursday. “We’ll either try it or it will be dismissed.” The city’s police chief noted that the department’s officers are expected to maintain their body-worn cameras in a “constant state of operational readiness.” “Detective Gillis should have turned on his body-worn camera but did not,” Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said. Gillis wrote in the document that he was requested to respond to a fatal accident at Valhalla when he saw Scheffler’s vehicle “traveling in the opposing lanes coming at me.” Scheffler was driving before dawn to Valhalla Golf Club to play in the second round of the tournament when he encountered Gillis. The new policy required all officers to turn on the camera “prior to engaging in all law enforcement activities and encounters.” The police chief at the time of Taylor’s death was later fired when officers at the scene of another fatal shooting failed to turn on their body-worn cameras.