Chicago officer relieved of police powers following Florida arrest

CHICAGO (WGN) — A Chicago police officer was relieved of his powers on Monday following his weekend arrest in Polk County, Fla., in which he allegedly attacked a security guard and used a racial slur, authorities confirm.

Dwayne Ocasio, 32, reportedly bonded out of jail on Saturday after an alleged altercation with a security guard at the Westgate River Ranch Resort in River Ranch, Fla.

“You know what this guy did? He cussed the security guard, used a racial slur – that’s right – and then pushed the security guard,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a video statement.

Judd said Ocasio initially identified himself as an officer with the Miami Police Department and later retreated to a room at the resort.

“After about 10 minutes of knocking on the door and saying ‘Polk County Sheriff’s Office,’ this guy from inside said, ‘who the blank is the Polk County Sheriff’s Office?,” Judd said. “He said, ‘I don’t give a blank what the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, or who the sheriff’s office is.'”

The sheriff said deputies arrested Ocasio after he opened the door and the security guard identified him as the person who shoved him.

“Now he knows who the Polk County Sheriff’s Office is when we put him in the Polk County Jail,” Judd said. “I bet the people of Chicago are not happy with him using racial slurs and battering somebody and giving our deputies a hard time.”

Ocasio faces a battery charge. The Chicago Police Department has since reassigned him to the department’s Alternate Response Section, which handles non-emergency calls.