A STATE POLICE OFFICER IS ARRESTED BY LOS LUNAS POLICE ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND RESISTING ARREST. STATE POLICE CHIEF PETE KASSETAS SAYS OFFICER CHARLES VERNIER (VEN-EAR') WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY (THUR) AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN LOS LUNAS. A LOS LUNAS POLICE OFFICER CAPTURED THE INCIDENT ON CAMERA (see video). KASSETAS SAYS HE CAN'T SAY WHY VERNIER IS ON LEAVE BUT SAYS HE WON'T TOLERATE SUCH BEHAVIOR FROM HIS OFFICERS. VERNIER HAS BEEN WITH STATE POLICE FOR TWO YEARS. THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE LOS LUNAS INCIDENT.
Here is video of a New Mexico State Police Officer being arrested in Los Lunas:
