Bodycam video shows tensions flaring between Lexington police, Cleveland County deputies

ON TUESDAY. THE SHERIFF AND HIS ASSISTANTS, RESPONSING TO A CONFRONT, CALLED THERE WHILE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AN OFFICER ARRESTS THE SHERIFF AND THINGS ONLY ESCALATE FROM THERE. HELLO, THIS IS BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF A LEXINGTON POLICE OFFICER. THAT OFFICER JUST STOPPED THIS BLACK SUV DRIVED BY CLEVELAND COUNTY SHERIFF CHRIS EMERSON. HOW ARE YOU? PEARSON? GO. WELL SIR, COULD YOU MAKE AN 85 AND A 55? I was going to go. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO CALL RIGHT HERE. THE OFFICER SAYS HE IS NOT AWARE OF ANY SUSPICIOUS BARRICADE IN THE CITY HERE IN LEXINGTON.

YES, WE HAVE AN ARMED PERSON, BUT WE DON'T KNOW. AH OK. I'LL CALL THE BOSS AND LET HIM KNOW. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A BOND MADE MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO LEXINGTON POLICE TO ARREST A FORMER TULSA POLICE OFFICER, D'ANGELO REYES, WHO IS WANTED ON RAPE CHARGES. THEY WANTED BACKUP BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED HE HAD SEVERAL WEAPONS. THIS IS YOUR CALL FOR HELP TO CLEVELAND COUNTY. WE EXPECT TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEM. WELL? THEY WILL NOT HELP. THEY JUST TOLD US TO GO CONTACT THE HOUSE. BUT THIS GUY HAS THREE GUNS. RETURN TO THE BODY CAMERA. THE LEXINGTON OFFICER LETS THE SHERIFF GO AND FOLLOWS HIM TO THE STAGE AREA WHERE MULTIPLE OFFICERS ARE LOCATED.

WHEN THEY GET THERE, SO DOES LEXINGTON POLICE CHIEF RONNIE JOHNSON, SEEN IN THE VEST AND COWBOY HAT. TELL ME WHAT. IT'S HAPPENING. CHIEF JOHNSON CONFRONTS A CLEVELAND COUNTY DEPUTY. WE REALIZED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY OWN CITY. WE WOULD HAVE NOTIFIED YOU, SIR. WE WOULD HAVE. YES, WELL WAIT, I'VE BEEN TO THIS. I've been there at the

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all day. A LIEUTENANT FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TRIES TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO THE CHIEF. I THINK HE WAS NOTIFIED. THEY REFUSED TO ANSWER BECAUSE HALLET CALLED. ARE YOU OK? I DON'T KNOW WHO BEN SASSE IS.

FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW YOU'RE THE BOSS. I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT I DON'T APPRECIATE ALL THIS THAT IS HAPPENING, AND NO ONE NOTIFIED ME ANYTHING ABOUT IT. That's when the Cleveland County deputy leaves. BUT THE LEXINGTON OFFICER WEARING THE BODY CAMERA HASN'T DONE. YOU'RE GOING TO TALK LIKE THIS ABOUT THE BOSS, SIR. THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. YOU CAN GET IT OUT OF MY FACE. I DON'T CARE WHO.