New footage of Scottie Scheffler's arrest at the PGA Championship has been released with the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) confirming the charges against him would not be dropped.
The PGA Championship was rocked on the second day of the tournament last week when the world No 1 was snapped being taken away in handcuffs just hours before his scheduled tee time.
A chaotic few hours followed before Scheffler was eventually released with his mugshot circulating around the world.
He faced charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.
New footage of Scottie Scheffler's arrest has been released
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There were some suggestions the charges would be dropped, but the LMPD confirmed in a news conference on Thursday that they would 'respect the legal process' with Scheffler due to be arraigned next month.
The police report from the incident also accused Scheffler of dragging Detective Bryan Gillis to the ground.
Louisville police then released two separate videos of Scheffler's arrest to the public, one from a fixed pole on Shelbyville Road with the other coming from a dash cam on a nearby police car.
The footage from the pole shows the moment Scheffler was stopped by police with the officer then appearing to hit the two-time Masters champion's car.
None of the footage that was released showed the alleged incident involving Detective Gillis.
Footage of that incident would have been possible had Detective Gillis turned on his bodycam with police chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villarael revealing it was a breach of policy.
“Detective Gillis did not have his body-worn camera operationally ready as required by our policy,” Gwinn-Villareal said.
“He was performing a law-enforcement action as defined in our policy.
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"Further, section 4.31.7 states members will maintain their BWC in constant state of operational readiness.
“Detective Gillis should have turned on his body-worn camera but did not.
"His failure to do so is a violation of LMPD policy on uniforms and equipment.”
Scottie Scheffler still faces the four charges
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Scottie Scheffler’s attorney, Steve Romines, reiterated the plan to go to trial if Louisville police try to settle.
“Our position remains the same as it was last Friday," he said.
"I am not negotiating as we have no interest in settling. I am preparing to litigate as needed and the case will be dismissed or we will go to trial because Scottie did absolutely nothing wrong."
