Osceola County Sheriff’s Office releases personnel records of SRO who slammed student: Here’s what we learned

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office released several years’ worth of evaluations on Thursday of a school resource officer who slammed a student to the ground as he tried to break up a fight at Liberty High School.

The paperwork covers from 2014 until July of 2020.

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In it, school resource officer Ethan Fournier was given mainly ratings that he met or exceeded expectations. In his most recent review, he was described as a “team player.”

But the report said in 2019, he was involved in multiple use-of-force incidents; however, these were found not to violate Florida law.

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The school board said it’s considering making changes to its ARO policy after the incident.

Click here to see video of the incident.

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