Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA — Police officers who were recorded using a stun gun and baton on University of Alabama students after a football game party last fall have been ordered to participate in training and one remains on paid administrative leave, Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steven Anderson said.

Officer James Kent is on paid administrative leave pending disciplinary action, while Officer Justin Sams received a written reprimand and remedial training to improve his communication skills, Anderson said in a news release Tuesday.

Officers Phillip Champion and Gregory Pimm have returned to work and weren't disciplined, but were required to receive remedial training in use of force, decision making and de-escalation techniques, Anderson said.

Video showed police pulling three people out of an apartment on Nov. 8 while investigating a noise complaint. Officers used a stun gun on at least one person and repeatedly hit another with a baton.

More than a week after the incident, Anderson called the confrontation disturbing and said officers didn't have the right to enter the apartment and forcibly remove its occupants. Police released more than two hours of body camera footage of the altercation.

"Did the student have to come out legally? Based on what I've seen in the video — and this is basically from the officer's perspective and from what the students were doing, the individual did not have to exit the apartment at that time," Anderson said during a Nov. 18 press conference. He later added that the department would investigate whether excessive force was used during the arrests.

Brandon James Williford, Caroline Elizabeth Giddis, both of Collierville, Tennessee, and Matthew Gimlin Macia of Johns Creek, Georgia were each charged with obstructing governmental operations, police have said. Williford was also charged with harassment and resisting arrest; Macia also was charged with resisting; and Giddis was also charged with harassment.