Ex-BSO deputy’s training officer defends rough arrest of Delucca Rolle: “Beautiful display of lawful use of force”

TAMARAC – A former BSO deputy, accused of utilizing extreme pressure whereas attempting to take down a teen again in 2019, was again in court docket Friday. Someone who defended his arrest ways took the stand.

“Everything in me as a cop, my sixth sense, if you want to call it, was going off that day,” defined BSO Sgt. Greg LaCerra. 

He was portray an image of April 18, 2019, at a Tamarac Plaza that he mentioned was seeing rising violence by children preventing after faculty, and added it was a hazard to deputies.

“We were immediately surrounded.  The crowd just came right up on top of us,” he recalled.

LaCerra mentioned that day he was making an unrelated arrest as crowds of pupil gathered round.  That’s when he mentioned then 15-year-old Delucca Rolle obtained too shut and didn’t obey instructions to go away.

“Delucca Rolle bladed his body in a pre-attack posture that in my training taught me he’s about to strike me.  My training is, this day, I had pepper spray on me, I pepper sprayed him,” he testified.

After that pepper spraying, we see former deputy Chris Krickovich on video attempting to handcuff Rolle.  In the video, we see him push Rolle’s head into the bottom twice and punch him as soon as within the head.

“My opinion is that was a beautiful display of lawful use of force and reasonable self-defense,” mentioned Sgt. Mel Murphy. 

Murphy was Krickovich’s training officer.  He mentioned the actions had been by the e book.

“I know violence is never pretty,” mentioned protection lawyer Jason Kroll to Sgt. Murphy on the stand. “Chris Krickovich takes his head and places it against the ground. Is that the training you gave him I under these circumstances when he’s encountering a subject who is in active resistance?” 

“Yes,” mentioned Murphy.

Prosecutors argued Sgt. Murphy is aware of Krickovich since he was his teacher. 

“You’re basically opining on facts or an incident with someone you’ve known for years, since 2016 I believe?” prosecutor Chris Killoran requested Murphy. 

“I know him through training, yes,” Murphy responded.

He requested if that was a battle. Killoran additionally questioned the arrest ways.

“In any of those classes, have you taught anyone from any agencies to slam a 15-year-old kid’s head into the ground,” Killoran requested.

“Not slam, but to pin a head down to the ground,” mentioned Murphy.

Closing arguments are set to being Monday.  If convicted, Krickovich might resist a yr in jail.