SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A lady is suing West Jordan police alleging a number of officers violated her rights after they mistakenly arrested her at a lodge in September, dragging her exterior in handcuffs, bare from the waist down.
Sheri Meyer filed the civil lawsuit earlier this month in third Judicial Court docket, looking for damages for what her attorneys described as a “extremely embarrassing and traumatic ordeal.” She alleges 5 officers violated her Fourth Modification rights and later filed false police reviews, claiming she tried to punch an officer.
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ABC4 reached out to West Jordan police for remark, they usually expressed confidence that the officers acted inside process throughout the incident. Police added {that a} formal assessment of the case is underway, they usually received’t remark additional.
The lawsuit towards the officers stems from an arrest within the early morning hours of Sept. 26 on the MyPlace Resort within the Wasatch Entrance neighborhood roughly 10 miles south of Salt Lake Metropolis.
In accordance with a press release from Meyer’s attorneys, the officers responded to a noise criticism, and mistakenly knocked on Meyer’s door round 4 a.m.
“Relatively than leaving, and even chatting with the complainant, police knocked loudly and repeatedly on the door to Sheri Meyer’s room, till a sleeping Mrs. Meyer awoke and got here to the door bare from the waist down,” the assertion mentioned.
She tried to crack the door, in order to not expose herself, and permit the officers to view the room, the attorneys mentioned. But, police insisted that Meyer go into the hallway whereas they searched the room. They later refused to let her shut the door and dress.
The officers blocked the door, the lawsuit alleges. When Meyer’s advised them they wanted a warrant to look the room and refused to allow them to in, the officers burst by her, forcing Meyer onto the mattress, the place she was handcuffed.
When the officers searched the room, they decided she was certainly alone. The unique criticism had prompt two individuals have been in a loud argument in one of many lodge rooms, probably with a crying child.
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As a substitute of admitting their mistake, the officers dragged Meyer exterior the lodge, the place she was made to lie bare on the grass, her attorneys mentioned. Officers positioned Meyer in a restraint system, and she or he handed out a number of instances. The system was described within the lawsuit as a WRAP physique go well with.
“Police took Mrs. Meyer to the jail charging her with a number of felonies and misdemeanors, alleging she had assaulted officers,” the lawyer’s assertion mentioned. “Mockingly, Mrs. Meyer was by no means charged with any crime the officers have been on the lodge to analyze.”
The lawsuit alleges the officers made false statements within the police reviews supporting the fees, particularly that Meyer “swung at an officer.” Nevertheless, her attorneys mentioned the physique digital camera footage confirmed nothing of the kind, solely that she pointed at them.
Meyer’s attorneys mentioned that when the Salt Lake County District Lawyer’s Workplace reviewed the physique digital camera footage of the arrest, they dismissed all the fees towards Meyer with prejudice.
ABC4 has not reviewed the physique digital camera footage, as West Jordan police mentioned it’s being withheld as a result of ongoing litigation.
Meyer’s attorneys mentioned she initially employed counsel to ask town for an apology, compensation, and self-discipline for the officers concerned. When town didn’t reply, she filed the lawsuit.
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