A photo of two police officers on horseback in Galveston is causing a stir.
The viral pic shows a man under arrest being led by rope through a downtown street.
'Poor judgement' used in man's arrest after rope attached to handcuffs by officers on horseback, Galveston police chief says https://t.co/GGAbouuDOL pic.twitter.com/d9MFwPLUCR
— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) August 6, 2019The police chief is apologizing, calling it an unnecessary embarassment. He says although this is a trained technique and best practice in some scenarios the officers used poor judgement and could have waited for a transport unit at the location of the arrest.
There's no word on what, if any, action will be taken on those two officers.
