San Bernardino County sheriff uncertain whether or not man kneed in head by deputy was handcuffed

San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus mentioned Wednesday, April 3, that he doesn’t know but whether or not the person who was video recorded repeatedly being kneed within the head by a deputy throughout an arrest in Hesperia was handcuffed on the time.

The use of drive occurred on March 26 after 36-year-old Christian Cardenas Alonso from Adelanto was pulled over for a site visitors cease. Alonso was recognized as a suspect in an armed theft, the Sheriff’s Department mentioned in a information launch. Alonso refused to go away his automotive and resisted arrest, the division mentioned. He was struck whereas face-down on the pavement.

“We are taking a look at it by a felony lens and an administrative lens whether or not that topic had really been handcuffed,” Dicus mentioned. “We’re placing the general public’s video with the body-worn digicam movies and we’re going to check out these and I can reassure you we are going to take the right and applicable processes, whether or not it’s submitting one thing to the (District Attorney’s Office) criminally and doing an administrative investigation.”

If the interior findings decide the deputies had been at fault, they might face self-discipline as much as termination, the sheriff mentioned.

Dicus, after briefing reporters Wednesday on the deadly taking pictures of a 17-year-old mentally unwell boy the day prior to this, addressed a number of headline-making makes use of of drive by his division.

He famous the movies launched final week within the September 2022 deadly taking pictures of unarmed Fontana kidnap sufferer Savannah Graziano throughout a gun battle in Hesperia that additionally killed her father. The shootings are beneath investigation by the state Department of Justice.

“I implore the general public to let the DOJ do their evaluation and work by the system,” Dicus mentioned.

He was requested what his response was when he noticed his deputies shoot the 15-year-old as she gave the impression to be surrendering.

“One of my reactions was seeing the deputy sheriffs that had been concerned in that case they usually realized she was shot and killed, and for those who noticed their distraught faces, you’d perceive why I need to guarantee that the authorized strategy of this (investigation) is transmitted to the general public in addition to the movies and issues I’m required to launch primarily based on the timeframe,” Dicus mentioned.

The Sheriff’s Department is taking the lead in investigating latest shootings by Fontana cops. The Southern California News Group reported that Fontana has withheld most particulars, together with body-worn digicam movies, of these shootings.

“Chief (Dorsey) could be legally errant in releasing info on each the suspect and the officers concerned within the taking pictures,” Dicus mentioned, referencing a case that’s within the courts. “I can reassure everybody that there shall be transparency.”