At least one Collegedale, Tennessee, police officer is under review after he kept his body camera muted while speaking with a subject he cuffed and detained during a traffic stop for alleged improper use of a turning lane. It was the second time the officer stopped the same man within 30 minutes.
Alex Staton, 25, was driving in the 9400 block of Apison Pike on Sept. 26 at 7:03 a.m. when he was stopped by Officer Brighton Spain.
Spain tells Staton he pulled him over because of a burned-out headlight and because he entered the turning lane too soon.
Staton admits to merging too soon but says he was “going with the flow of traffic,” according to body camera footage obtained by the Times Free Press.
When Spain asks him to sign the citation, Staton first asks for an explanation but then complies, saying “this is amazing how you guys fill your quotas.”