we know this officer was in plain clothes. we know that he had no badge to display to corey. corey had no way of knowing what he was. reporter: the officer was working a burglary detail that night and had no body or dashboard camera. he s now on paid leave and many in the community are left wondering how a man with no criminal record ended up dead. a laid back young man, non-confrontational which is why i find it hard to believe. reporter: records show otherwise. evidence he had seized three weeks prior from a suspect. at the time he sited work related issues, something he failed to mention on his application for the palm beach garden police department. the job he s held for just six months. this is a situation that cries out for answers. it cries out for transparency. it cries out for the police to give this family information. reporter: information that may be found in the phone calls
what we saw only on tv. tossing a 16-year-old, 15-year-old across the room that apparently that is the proper take down that works. that is troubling. but i think it s also troubling that a teacher can t control a classroom. doesn t have the respect of his or her students to control the close room. you know, the officer was immediately fired. there was no due process at all. i think this officer if he finally decides to sue the department for what happened, this guy might get his job back. does it surprise you sunny, the charge of disturbing schools, which as you heard the sheriff saying is very broad and caused problems in the past for school officers like this school resource officers, do you think those charges will continue against this girl? you know, i actually was disappointed that sheriff lott started out his press conference by saying this girl started this entire thing. i think the person that started this entire thing was the
the right thing, that he could have maybe done it different. you know, he wishes it never happened this way. this wasn t his intent. it was also interesting, i know in your press conference you said the teacher in the room and school administrator brought in both approved of what the officer did, is that correct? that s correct. they both gave statements and in their statements they said the student was the aggressor and causing the problem and they didn t see any excessive forced used by the officer and supported what sro ben fields had did. again, i have to make the decision was he representative of me and the sheriff s department? did he follow our rules and policies and procedures? he didn t. that s why he was terminated. the student was charged with disturbing school and i know that s a law passed or a kind of punishment that s been passed by politicians in your state, how difficult has that made the job, your job, the job of safety