Bannock County has released video of an alleged assault by a Pocatello Police officer on a suspect ..... GO TO 00:40The video shows Officer Steven Westfall hitting James Rutherford with his elbow as Rutherford is bent over a police car and restrained by other officers.As Westfall steps in while other officers have Rutherford restrained, Westfall starts by securing Rutherford’s head, but then brings his tricep down on Rutherford’s head and presses down on his head with his elbow.During this time, Rutherford repeatedly asks officers to get off of him.Westfall’s Attorney, James Ruchti, says Westfall’s actions were prompted because he thought the suspect head butted another officer."It comes across pretty hard,” explains Ruchti. “He doesn't remember doing that move, but he does remember there were one or two times where he started to lose his grip. He's trying to keep the gentleman down. He still doesn't know for sure at that point whether his fellow officer was injured."NEW"A Pocatello Police Officer has been put on paid administrative leave after being charged with unnecessary assault.The Pocatello Police Department held a press conference Wednesday to announce that Detective Steven Westfall has been charged with one misdemeanor count of unnecessary assault by a police officer stemming back to a call on July 10th.Scott Marchand, the Chief of Police, briefly discussed the July 10th incident explaining how Officer Westfall reportedly responded inappropriately toward a suspect, but his attorney James Ruchti says charges against Westfall are inaccurate"You see what's going on nationally and there is a rush to judgement against officers if they make mistakes," said Ruchti.Ruchti says he is confused and surprised by the reaction of the Pocatello Police Department and the prosecutor's office to bring down charges against Officer Westfall."I worry, based on what I heard today (Wednesday) that there has been a rush to judgement and you're going to see the worst outcome for Officer Westfall," says Ruchti.During the press conference Chief of Police Scott Marchand said on July 10th several officers responded to a call of a subject that was causing a disturbance and that the subject might be in the possession of a knife."The actions of the detective were inappropriate and wrong," said Marchand.Those innappropriate actions as described by Marchand allegedly occurred after police say the suspect was uncooperative and resisting arrest. It's then reported, that Officer Westfall believed another officer was hurt by the suspect and responded with improper use of force under the circumstances but Westfall's lawyer says his actions were warranted."He pressed the gentlemen's head against the police car, the gentleman was already leaned over the police car, but he pressed his head against it so they had better control over him," explained Ruchti.On July 11th, Marchand ordered an internal and criminal investigation against Westfall. The Idaho State Police conducted the criminal investigation on July 17th."I can tell you with certainty that this incident has and will continue to touch our entire police family," said Marchand.Westfall has been placed on paid administrative leave and, if convicted, could face up to one year in jail and or a $5,000 fine and could possibly lose his job. Marchand vowed that the police department would work to keep an incident like this from never happening again."I'm sorry.," said Marchand. "As your police chief and a fellow member of your community I don't think I can say that enough. I ask that you do not judge the entire Pocatello police department, the remaining men and women who work here with this department on this one incident."The police department and Ruchti both say Westfall doesn't have a previous record, but KPVI obtained documents from the Idaho Fish and Game that say late in 2014 Westfall shot two cow elk putting his tag on one of the elk and a friend's tag on the other. Westfall was not fined but he did receive a warning.