Stephen MinneyThree Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office corrections deputies were suspended without pay for a day after an intoxicated inmate was roughed for not following oral commands, according to an internal affairs report released Friday.
Corrections officers Daniel Harden and Andrew Standifer were placed on a one-day suspension for violating general orders for excessive force and failing to fill out a use of force report.
Their supervisor, Sgt. Kelvin Pell, also was given a day of suspension because he was not immediately aware of the situation and did not intervene.
The inmate, a 55-year-old Florida man, was arrested on a charge of public intoxication and sustained a laceration to the left side of his face when he was booked.
Stephen Minney was arrested by East Ridge police after he was found walking near Parkridge Medical Center, intoxicated and acting unruly on Sept. 18, according to the arrest report.