BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WSAV) — After an off-duty Beaufort County sheriff’s deputy was suspended for pointing a gun at children throughout an incident that went viral on-line, WSAV discovered extra concerning the deputy because of affirmation from neighbors.
Neighbors instructed WSAV the person within the video is 19-year veteran William Squires. WSAV obtained his employment data to seek out out if there have been any indicators of points earlier than Sunday’s confrontation.
His employment and personnel file detailed a comparatively unproblematic file. Final 12 months, he was even promoted from senior sergeant to grasp sergeant.
Squires had two complaints filed in opposition to him, one “use of drive” report and was at fault for six site visitors accidents in his 19 years with the division.
The 2 complaints made in opposition to him got here from the identical couple in 2016, the place Squires performed a site visitors cease with one other deputy.
The primary criticism claimed Squires was “unprofessional” and “impolite” in the way in which he spoke to the couple. The second claimed the person’s prescription treatment was taken by Squires and a few treatment was lacking as soon as it was retrieved.
On the time, data present Squires served on the Sheriff’s Workplace Drug Activity Drive for the Bluffton and Hilton Head space within the county.
The sheriff’s workplace dominated that Squires didn’t violate any coverage violations in both of the earlier complaints.
A “use of drive” report was additionally filed in opposition to him in 2021.
The report stated Squires arrived to watch a site visitors cease performed by one other deputy after reportedly smelling marijuana.
In the course of the cease, the particular person in query allegedly turned irate and the person was reported to not have complied after being requested to exit the automobile.
Based on data, “tender empty hand strategies had been used to regulate the particular person to the bottom.”
The particular person reported they had been injured with damaged ribs, however additional outcomes from the hospital confirmed that to be false. The sheriff’s workplace discovered the deputy used an inexpensive quantity of drive, and no additional motion was wanted.
They are going to host a Q&A Friday, Oct. 3 with media in response to the latest suspension of the deputy.
The households concerned instructed WSAV that they’ve obtained legal professionals to doubtlessly pursue authorized motion.
