Officer in Scottie Scheffler case disciplined for not activating body cam

The officer who arrested golfer Scottie Scheffler near the site of last week’s PGA Championship failed to activate his body camera in violation of policy, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said Thursday in a news conference in Louisville.

The announcement followed an internal investigation into the May 17 arrest of the world’s No. 1 golfer outside Valhalla Golf Club, which revealed “policy violations” by Detective Bryan Gillis during the chaotic traffic incident that followed an unrelated fatality. Video footage of the arrest from a fixed pole camera at the scene and from a dash camera in a police car was made public, but the mayor said his office and the police are “not aware of any video footage” of the initial confrontation, which he said followed a “series of very unfortunate events in dark, rainy and tense conditions.”