Ex-Oklahoma County detention officer accused of assaulting inmate in handcuffs, shackles

Ingram, a former senior detention officer with the sheriff's department, is accused of assaulting inmate Roman Johnson about 7 p.m. July 19 inside the county jail.

He was fired Thursday after an investigation into the assault, which was recorded by jail cameras, Sheriff John Whetsel said Monday in a statement.

“Our system of checks and balances worked even though the inmate never reported the incident,” Whetsel said. “Our policy requires the internal review of every use of force incident. This type of behavior by any employee is not, and will never be tolerated. This is totally contrary to their training and the professionalism and character we require of our employees.”

A sheriff's investigator wrote in the affidavit that Ingram threw Johnson to the ground on at least two separate occasions, and “put his hand around the throat and choked inmate Johnson, whose hands were handcuffed behind his back and both his feet in leg shackles,”