Glasgow Police Department releases body camera footage from Nov. 15 arrest
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BARREN COUNTY, Ky. – On Thursday, the Glasgow Police Department held a press conference to reveal body camera footage from the Nov. 15 arrest of Cody Vibbert.
The department decided to reveal the footage after videos emerged on social media showing moments from the arrest.
The body camera footage revealed Vibbert allegedly resisting arrest, even pulling the pins from tasers from his chest before appearing to be restrained by the officers at the scene.
After police tried to escort him out of the apartment, the footage appears to show Vibbert allegedly wrapping his legs around one of the officers, causing them to fall to the ground, where Vibbert hit his head, opening a gash. In the body camera footage, Vibbert demands medical attention from law enforcement, but due to him appearing to be combative, police can be seen placing him in the police cruiser, where he would be treated for his injuries.
He was then taken to the Glasgow Police Department, where authorities say he was treated for his injuries by a nurse, along with EMS.
Guy Howie, police chief of the Glasgow Police Department, said Vibbert sustained no serious injuries.
Howie said he decided to release the body camera footage to show transparency and accountability to the community.
“It brings confidence and knowing that their police department is a professional police agency, that they’re transparent in what they do, and that we, the administration and the police department, are going to hold officers accountable for their actions and that we take it, you know, seriously to review these types of incidents,” Howie stated.
Howie also informed the media that the entire police department will be going through remedial repulse training. Along with this, it will now be policy that both officers assigned to a verbal or physical altercation will arrive on scene together.
