Omaha police conducting internal use of force investigation
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Omaha police conducting internal use of force investigation
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OPD Officer On Paid Leave, Investigation Into Use of Force In Juvenile Arrest
An Omaha police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation to examine his use of force during the arrest of a young boy Tuesday, according to the Omaha police department. Social media posts and witnesses say the child was 12 years old.
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said he placed Officer Tyler Hansen, an officer who’s spent 14 years with the department, on leave Wednesday after learning about a video circulating social media showing the arrest the day before, according to police. The 15-second video originally posted on Facebook shows an Omaha police officer pushing a boy against the right side of an OPD police car and slamming his body and face against the cruiser in the Gifford Park neighborhood, near 33rd and Burt streets.
