THE cop who shot Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy's parking lot was the subject of 12 complaints in seven years, according to police records.
Former officer Garrett Rolfe in 2017 received a written reprimand for use-of-force involving a firearm, documents released by the Atlanta Police Department show.
The Sun viewed the records of both cops present when Brooks, 27, was fatally shot in the back last week after appearing to resist arrest.
The use-of-force reprimand against Rolfe, 27, relates to an incident in 2016.
No further details of the incident were disclosed. It is the sole use-of-force complaint on his record.
His disciplinary history includes 11 other incidents, at least seven of which saw him exonerated. Two others, including a firearm discharge in 2015, had no conclusion listed.
Five of the incidents on his record relate to vehicle accidents.
The second officer at the scene, Devin Brosnan, joined the APD in 2019 and has no disciplinary history.
He was placed on administrative duty following the death of Brooks, which is reportedly typical in officer-involved shooting investigations.
An autopsy ruled Brooks’ death was a homicide.
Rolfe was fired from the department after the shooting last Friday night at the fast-food restaurant, which was captured by body and surveillance cameras.
He could not be reached for comment.
Brooks, a father of four, was shot by Rolfe after he and Brosnan found Brooks asleep at the wheel of the drive-thru on University Avenue in southwest Atlanta.
Police claim that Brooks grabbed one of the officers’ tasers and aimed it at Rolfe before Rolfe shot him.
The former officer had recently received de-escalation training and passed a "Use of Deadly Force" course in January, it was reported on Monday.
During his time with the force, Rolfe had over 2,000 hours of training and completed multiple courses in tactical team operations and firearms training.
"There is a clear distinction between what you can do and what you should do," Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said in a news conference on Saturday.
"I do not believe this was a justified use of deadly force."
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said it would be hard to argue a self-defense case in light of the footage of the incident.
Howard said that Brooks "did not seem to present any kind of threat to anyone, and so the fact that it would escalate to his death just seems unreasonable."
The District Attorney said that he is considering charging the officer with either murder, felony murder or involuntary manslaughter and that the decision could be made as early as Wednesday.
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