Two mounted Texas police officers who led a black man down the street by a rope will not face criminal charges after a public safety agency concluded an investigation into their conduct.

The Texas Ranger Division of the state’s Department of Public Safety said the Galveston Police Department requested a review, which determined a criminal investigation was not warranted.

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“The Texas Rangers conducted an inquiry into this matter, which has since been completed,” the public safety agency said in a statement to The Hill. “The Rangers subsequently conferred with the Galveston County District Attorney’s Office, which determined that there was nothing that warranted a criminal investigation.”

The New York Times first reported the development.

Earlier this month, the department apologized after two white officers led a suspect down the street by a rope.

“Although this is a trained technique and best practice in some scenarios, I believe our officers showed poor judgment in this instance and could have waited for a transport unit at the location of the arrest,” Galveston Police Chief Vernon Hale III said in a statement after the arrest.

The 43-year-old man, Donald Neely, is mentally ill and often sleeps on the streets, his family told the Times. He had been arrested on a criminal trespassing charge.

--This report was updated at 12:33 p.m.