MOUNT VERNON, Ala. (WALA) – Newman Brazier is no longer working for the Mount Vernon Police Department, according to Mayor Eric Peoples.
The town’s attorney, Jay Ross, said Brazier’s law enforcement license has been temporarily suspended by the Alabama Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, and a full hearing is expected sometime in mid-January 2026.
This comes after a FOX10 Investigation about leaked body camera and surveillance video showing Brazier tasing, pepper spraying and dragging a handcuffed man on May 10 of this year.
All of this comes a week after Eric Pettway told FOX10 News he was informed the morning of Nov. 19 he had been terminated. He said he was never given a termination letter, and the town did not provide a reason…