The internal affairs investigation determined that officers involved in the incident were justified in using force, but found that Corporal Derek Harvey and Officer Edward Ramirez shouldn’t have used the beanbags and pepper balls unless the suspect was armed or otherwise a violent threat.
White’s recommended discipline was to be demoted to a sergeant, but instead he retired, Calderwood said. “We didn't just take the step of providing additional training to the officers involved, we said, ‘let's cover the entire department,’” Calderwood said. This incident is the only use-of-force incident the department has reported under SB 1421, a state law that went into effect in 2019 that requires police agencies to make public records relating to certain use-of-force incidents.The department reached out to a number of community groups for input on the de-escalation policy, said Yusef Miller, co-founder of the North County Equity & Justice Coalition.
“It was a really easy and smooth process, I really enjoyed it,” he said. “We were understood by the police department, they were understood by us and it moved along without a lot of the contention you see in other meetings, people ready to throw shoes and books at each other and all this kind of stuff.”Carlsbad Police Chief Mickey Williams, Robert Jenkins, Aly Vredenburgh, Yusef Miller and Carlsbad Police Lt.