VICTORVILLE >> A San Bernardino County deputy was captured on video Friday inside the sheriff’s station threatening to arrest a man on trumped up charges.

That man, Duncan Hicks, 34, of Victorville, said he was in the sheriff’s station at 14200 Amargosa Road to file a domestic incident complaint, but was met with the threat of arrest.

“I went there to file a complaint and get an incident report filled out,” Hicks said in a telephone interview Wednesday. “The deputy and the woman at the desk were rude and irritated. They refused to even help me and kicked me out, telling me I had to leave.”

Hicks left, but said as he sat in his car in the parking lot he thought about what happened and said he felt he did nothing wrong.

So he went back in with his phone ready to record.

In the video, Hicks can be seen asking why facts were omitted from his incident report when he asked for the deputy’s name and badge number.

That’s when the deputy threatened to arrest Hicks.

• Video: Victorville deputy threatens arrest

“Duncan, you know what man, I’m about getting tired of you and you’re about to go to jail,” the deputy can be seen saying on the video.

When Hicks asked the deputy why he’s going to jail, the deputy responded by saying “I’ll create something. Do you understand? You’ll go to jail. Do you understand that?”

The deputy then told Hicks that recording him was against the law.

At that point, the clerk demanded Hicks step away from the security glass.

Hicks said he spoke with a sergeant at the station who told him that the “deputy was probably having a bad day.”

“If he did this when he was having a bad day, what’s he capable of doing when he’s having a terrible day,” Hicks said. “I’d like to see them both fired.”

San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon, who has publicly said despicable acts by Sheriff’s Department employees — civilian or a deputy — will not be tolerated, responded to the video.

“Since viewing the video, our employees’ response to the citizen is not consistent with my expectation of customer service. Additionally, the deputy’s responses are not consistent with the interpretation of the law,” McMahon said in a written statement. “As a result, we are conducting an administrative investigation into this incident, and the four other previous contacts with the citizen to ensure all previous contacts were professionally handled.”

McMahon wrote that his department will be contacting Hicks to address his concerns, and once the investigation is complete, “appropriate action will be taken.”

Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible in public spaces is a constitutional right — and that includes transportation facilities, the outside of federal buildings, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties, according to the American Civil Liberties Union website.

“There’s nothing posted anywhere that says no photography,” Victorville sheriff’s station spokeswoman Mara Rodriguez said. “Our station is a public facility, and there is no rule preventing one from recording video or taking photographs in our lobby.”

Hicks said he’s fearful of retaliation.

“I’m afraid to drive at night,” Hicks said. “I don’t want to be shot or beaten by these deputies.”