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Internal investigation finds Collegedale officers violated multiple policies during September traffic stop

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 Collegedale Police Officer Brighton Spain. / Screenshot of Collegedale Police Department body camera footage
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 Collegedale Police Officer Brighton Spain. / Screenshot of Collegedale Police Department body camera footage 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 Collegedale Police Officer Brighton Spain. / Screenshot of Collegedale Police Department body camera footage

UPDATE: Collegedale city spokeswoman Bridgett Raper said late Thursday night that the additional body and dash camera footage was not released to the Times Free Press because “Footage had not been downloaded at the time of the request.”

She added that a statement made by officer Brighton Spain had not actually been cut from the footage that had been released following an open records request. Instead, “The statement in question was on his dash camera footage, which had not been downloaded at the time of the request,” Raper said.

Additionally, Raper notes that Spain was “instructed to schedule a mandatory EAP session for anger and stress management, is not allowed to be an FTO for 1 year, and will be doing remedial training.”

Officer Ridgeway received no discipline and Cpl. Strange will be given remedial training, Raper said.

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