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Two officers used excessive force in separate incidents, leading one to quit and another to face a disciplinary committee, Lincoln Police Department internal investigators said.

An officer was escorting an inmate whose hands were cuffed behind his back at the Lancaster County jail at about 1:10 the morning of Dec. 13, Sgt. Robert Farber said in a report to the mayor’s Citizens Police Advisory Board this week.

Jail video showed that the officer shoved the man into the far wall of his cell, and the inmate hit his head and collapsed to the floor, Farber said. He was taken to a hospital, where doctors treated him for a cut to his head.

Jail staff watched the video and reported the officer’s force was excessive, and Police Chief Jim Peschong ordered an investigation.

The officer told internal affairs investigators he pushed the inmate because he was worried the man would try to turn and continue fighting with him and another officer.

Investigators talked with jail staff and the other officer, who saw what happened. They sustained the complaint against the officer, who quit the force before facing a disciplinary hearing.