The video shows Kehm struggling with the 12-year-old girl before body-slamming her to the ground. He then appears to handcuff her before having her stand and leading her away. She had been fighting with another girl before Kehm body-slammed her.
Kehm first told the district that the girl’s fall was accidental, then that she had been fighting an arrest in some way, Martinez said.
“Our conclusion was the action wasn’t warranted,” he said.
The district is supposed to be notified whenever a student is restrained, and officers are strongly discouraged from using physical force unless absolutely necessary in the case of “imminent danger”, Martinez said.
“It never should have gotten to this point,” he said.
Martinez also faulted school staff for not calling the parents of the two fighting students or taking other action before the incident. An assistant principal has been placed on paid leave, he said.
According to state records, Kehm had been a school police officer for just over a year.
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