A Chicago police officer has been reassigned to desk duty after his arrest over the weekend in Polk County, Florida, in which he allegedly tussled with a security guard, used a racial slur, and got on the wrong side of a colorful Southern sheriff.
Dwayne Ocasio, 32, bonded out of jail on Saturday and returned to Chicago. News apparently traveled fast, as Ocasio arrived back in the Windy City to find he was stripped of his police powers. The former west side patrol officer has been reassigned to the Chicago police’s Alternate Response Section, which handles non-emergency calls.
Ocasio reacted angrily when the security guard asked him to move a golf cart that was blocking the road. Refusing to comply, Ocasio instead tried to bigfoot the guard, falsely identifying himself as a Miami police officer. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd relayed the rest of the story in a video statement recorded Monday.
“You know what this guy did?” Judd said. “He cussed the security guard, used a racial slur – that’s right – and then pushed the security guard.”…