Officer Nicholas Green has filed a lawsuit against the city and Louisville police merit board to get his job back after he was fired last year for multiple violations, including cursing at numerous citizens, endangering the safety of other officers and tasing a man who was not resisting because “you were excited.”

In her letter, Chief Gwinn-Villaroel said she became chief during “challenging times” where a wall of “divisiveness between the men and women of LMPD, the citizens, media, and the mayoral administration existed.

The lawsuit comes just days after Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel was placed on administrative leave by Mayor Craig Greenberg for how she "handled a workplace sexual harassment" allegation by a different officer. 

Louisville Metro Police Detective Bryan Gillis should have had his body camera turned on when he arrested pro golfer Scottie Scheffler last week and has been disciplined, Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said in a news conference Thursday. 

“As you fell, you tried to catch yourself and accidently discharged your firearm striking two of the juveniles,” Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said in a memo to Kaiser on Jan. 25. “Your actions were unsafe.”

On Sept. 8, Det. Jonathan Robbins was suspended for 30 days for driving a police vehicle from which drinks were thrown at citizens on three separate occasions on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5, 2018.

The chief has recommended another officer involved be terminated, but the decision is under appeal and the department has not released any other information.