LOUISVILLE, Ky. — We're learning more about Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) Det. Bryan Gillis, the one who arrested pro golfer Scottie Scheffler at the PGA Championship on May 17.
Gillis began working at LMPD in November 2007. Since then, he’s received numerous letters of commendation for his work with the department.
According to his personnel file, which WHAS11 obtained through an open records request, Gillis has also received several verbal and written reprimands. He has also been suspended without pay throughout his 16-year career.
In 2013, Gillis was suspended for five days after LMPD leaders determined he violated department policy months earlier when he used his emergency lights and siren in a “non-emergency situation” while driving an intoxicated resident.
The report said he then proceeded to do “donuts” using his police vehicle in a business parking lot with the intoxicated person inside the vehicle.
More recently, however, Gillis received a written reprimand in 2021 for pursuing a vehicle despite the driver not being wanted on a warrant or having committed a felony. Gillis also didn’t notify dispatchers he was engaging in a vehicle pursuit, the report said.
Gillis was also found "at fault" for four crashes: one in 2021, one in 2019 one in 2013 and another in 2008 according to the documents. In the 2008 and 2013 incidents, he received written reprimands and mandatory driver's training. In the 2019 and 2021 incidents, he received oral reprimands.
In addition, LMPD documents show Gillis had failed to appear in court five times between 2010 and 2011. The documents show he was suspended without pay and given a written reprimand as a result.
And in a news conference on Thursday, LMPD Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said he was disciplined for not turning on his body camera during Scheffler's arrest.
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