A Flager County detention deputy has resigned after being investigated on suspicion of using excessive force on an inmate.Officials said the incident occurred in April while Jarred Tazewell was getting the inmate from a confinement cell at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility.Video from the facility shows the inmate throwing a walker at Tazewell, who then punched the man with a closed fist, causing him to fall backward.After an internal investigation, officials decided Tazewell violated agency policies by using excessive force. Tazewell resigned from his position with the Sheriff's Office.Flagler County officials said they will send the case to the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission for review. The commission could revoke Tazewell's Florida Correctional Officer certification. "Excessive use of force will not be tolerated at the Flagler County Sheriff's Office," Sheriff Rick Staly said. "During the investigation, investigators determined the inmate's behavior did not warrant the level and type of the force used by the detention deputy. He resigned in lieu of being terminated, which was the likely outcome of the investigation. The state attorney's office has declined to file charges against Tazewell."Tazewell's action is not a reflection of the many men and women that serve professionally at the jail keeping us safe from some of the worst people in society," Staly said.

A Flager County detention deputy has resigned after being investigated on suspicion of using excessive force on an inmate.

Officials said the incident occurred in April while Jarred Tazewell was getting the inmate from a confinement cell at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility.


Video from the facility shows the inmate throwing a walker at Tazewell, who then punched the man with a closed fist, causing him to fall backward.

After an internal investigation, officials decided Tazewell violated agency policies by using excessive force.

Tazewell resigned from his position with the Sheriff's Office.

Flagler County officials said they will send the case to the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission for review. The commission could revoke Tazewell's Florida Correctional Officer certification.

"Excessive use of force will not be tolerated at the Flagler County Sheriff's Office," Sheriff Rick Staly said. "During the investigation, investigators determined the inmate's behavior did not warrant the level and type of the force used by the detention deputy. He resigned in lieu of being terminated, which was the likely outcome of the investigation.

The state attorney's office has declined to file charges against Tazewell.

"Tazewell's action is not a reflection of the many men and women that serve professionally at the jail keeping us safe from some of the worst people in society," Staly said.