Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith says he ordered an internal investigation of officers' response to a man recording video at the police department.

The police chief says members of the police department encountered the man in the lobby and outside the building on Monday.

Action 2 News spoke with Chief Smith about the video and his decision to order an internal investigation.

"My understanding, and I didn't talk to him personally, but my understanding is he was doing a First Amendment audit. And there's groups that go around the country doing these, what they call 'First Amendment audits' and they'll walk up to police in their field situations or in their offices and in buildings, and start filming them and see what kind of reaction they get," Smith says.

, posted on YouTube with the title "TYRANT ALERT," shows Capt. Brad Florence and Lt. Jeff Engelbrecht approaching the man in the lobby. Florence asks the man what he's doing and says he has to leave, and Engelbrecht says they're concerned that they don't know what his intentions are. Engelbrecht tells him repeatedly to stand out of the way of other people. The man says he came to see how friendly people are and he "has no intention to cause any problems."

In the final minute of the video, plainclothes officers approach the man as he records the outside of the police department and ask him what he's doing. Lt. Richard Belanger also says he's concerned about why the man is recording into the building.

Lt. Jeff Brester reaches for the man, who says "Get your hands off of me." Brester crosses his arms in front of his chest and replies, "I don't have to get my hands off of you." The man asks, "Are you detaining me?" Brester says no, then grabs the man by the sleeve of his coat. The man again tells Brester to get his hands off, saying "You're not detaining me but you want to put your hands on me?" "Now your detained," Brester says, and he's ordered to put his hands behind his back as the shaky video cuts off.

In a statement posted to Facebook, Smith wrote, "As Chief of Police, I will ensure that the complaint is investigated thoroughly and officers are held accountable for their actions. We will not have a rush to judgement, and I will not adjudicate this matter until all the facts are in and all the individuals involved have been interviewed. In addition, all department personnel will be receiving additional training to ensure incidents of this nature do not recur."

He added, "As Chief I will hold all members of this police department accountable just like I expect the community to hold me accountable."

The chief told us that it is unusual in Green Bay to have a person taking video in the police station's lobby.

"I think that's the reason why the officers that were in the building downstairs went outside to talk to this gentleman, because they didn't know what he was doing. Why would somebody be filming into their office? Now, he was in a legal area, he's allowed to walk on the sidewalk all he wants, but I think they were concerned as to what he was doing out there filming into the police station," Smith says.

The chief told us that an investigation is about getting the facts from all people involved.

"I don't think we can rely on what we see on the video alone. We need to interview the officers and find out what they knew, what they observed, and why they did what they did. I'm not going to make a rush to judgement and say our officers did something wrong in this particular case or that particular case. I don't do that until I get all the facts," Smith said. "Right now, I don't have all the facts. We need to interview the individual with the camera. We need to talk to our officers and ask what they saw and why they went out there and what their perceptions were at the time that this incident occurred."

Smith said he's received phone calls and emails about the video.

"I think it's important for me to be responsive to the people that are calling. Obviously 99 percent of the people that I talk to are upset about this. And I completely understand that. But I think I owe and explanation to them about what we're going to do as a police department.

"We're not going to make a rush to judgement. We are going to fully investigate this. If our officers did something wrong determined by the investigation, then there will be consequences. Look, this administration is no stranger to giving people consequences and holding people accountable for their actions. I think our officers know that. Quite frankly, I think they want that in their police department. Certainly the city of Green Bay demands that in their police department. I think I owe it to people to give them a call back and explain why we're doing what we're doing."