NEW: Fifteen months after the death of #JavierAmbler, two deputies involved in his death have not given written statements to internal affairs investigators, as supervisors praised them as recently as Thursday for their “professionalism” that night.
Officials say that they are awaiting closure of an Austin police/Travis DA investigation and then may take their statements as a “procedural” matter, unless a criminal case against them moves forward. They say the internal case remains open.
An attorney for the department says officials determined that no policy violation was found based an a review of dash and body camera video that night, although experts say taking statements from officers is crucial to determine their mindset at the time.
In a memo to the department Thursday, Williamson County Chief Deputy Tim Ryal said that anyone who watched the videos would see the “professionalism displayed by our deputies in a tense moment with a resisting subject.”
For the record, we can’t see the videos because Williamson County sheriff’s officials won’t release them. We have asked since February.
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