Anthony Joseph LopezRed Bank Police Officer Mark Kaylor struck Anthony Lopez twice in the head during the Aug. 4 arrest that took the skin and hair off of Lopez's head, newly released police documents show.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is already investigating Kaylor for striking another man in the head seven times during an April arrest - an event that prompted Lopez to speak out about his own altercation with the officer during a traffic stop after a wrong-way chase around 3 a.m. Aug. 4.
The documents offer more detail into the night's events, including how Lopez resisted arrest and how he was injured.
Kaylor wrote the details in a Response to Resistance report he filed the morning of the arrest. Initially, Red Bank police said Kaylor did not file any such report, despite the fact the report is required any time an officer uses force that injures another person.
However, Kaylor's supervisor, Staff Sgt. LeighTaylor Noorbergen, alerted Red Bank Chief Tim Christol today that Kaylor actually had filed that report.
She said she reviewed and submitted the report to her supervisor on Aug. 5. Police could not find the original report despite several searches in multiple places, Christol said, but both Noorbergen and Kaylor provided copies of the report from their files.
Christol said something went wrong in the filing process but emphasized that Kaylor did complete the report as required by department policy.
"They completed the reports in a timely manner and turned them in," Christol said. "If there was an administrative breakdown somewhere - and there obviously was - then that's on me. That's my fault."
He said he's working to put a new mechanism or system in place to ensure future reports are not lost.
Stay with the Times Free Press for details on the night's arrest and updates on this developing story.
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