Scottie Scheffler arrest: New video footage of incident released

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Louisville police have released additional video footage of pro golfer Scottie Scheffler’s arrest outside last week’s PGA Championship.

The Louisville Metro Police Department released extensive video footage from two different cameras – a pole camera across the street from the arrest and a police car dash cam.

However, Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said Det. Bryan Gillis, the arresting officer, did not have his body camera activated when directing traffic outside the golf course, meaning there is no footage of the “initial interaction” between the officer and Scheffler.

Gwinn-Villaroel told reporters that not turning on a body camera is a breach of department policy and Gillis “has received corrective action for his policy violation.”

Neither the police chief nor the mayor, however, indicated that the charges against Scheffler would be dropped.

“We respect the judicial process,” Gwinn-Villaroel said, “and we will allow the courts to proceed accordingly.”

Scheffler’s lawyer, Steven Romines, told The Athletic that the public can expect to see pole camera footage at that time and promised the video will be consistent with Scheffler’s description of the incident.

Scheffler, a Masters champion and the world’s No. 1 golfer, was arrested last Friday while on the way to the PGA Championship in Maryland, after he failed to follow police orders during an investigation into a pedestrian fatality.

The incident took place outside the entrance to Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., around 6 a.m., shortly after a man who was working the golf tournament was struck and killed by a shuttle bus.

Police had stopped traffic, resulting in a sea of red and blue flashing lights.

ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, who witnessed the