The public can now see police cam footage from a controversial arrest in May in Bradford City.

In response to right-to-know requests, the city has released police cam footage of the arrest of Matthew Confer on May 5.

Then-Chief Hiel “Butch” Bartlett and Patrolman Matt Gustin arrested Confer for allegedly assaulting a woman. The altercation that followed prompted additional charges of resisting arrest and assault against Confer.

A citizen filed a complaint against the officers following the incident.

Bartlett resigned before the investigation into his conduct concluded, while Gustin, who was disciplined for his conduct, remains employed by the police department. The misdemeanor and felony charges against Confer were withdrawn, and court records indicate he pleaded guilty to summary harassment.

Police Chief Mike Ward said he was not permitted to comment Sunday evening on the video footage or the public’s reaction to it. Ward explained this is because the allegations are “still under investigation by another agency.”

Ward noted that the footage was released due to right-to-know requests that were submitted in Bradford City.

Mayor James McDonald provided a similar statement.

“The City of Bradford has released every piece of evidence allowed by law to the public through the Right To Know process,” said McDonald. “The evidence was subjected to a legal review process to ensure that we would not be jeopardizing the investigation by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office into Mr. Hiel Bartlett.”

Over the weekend, the public had access on multiple news sites to video footage from Gustin’s body cam and the patrol vehicle he was operating. Each of the two videos is about 26 minutes long.

The body cam footage shows officers talking to Confer and a second male upon arrival at the scene. The officers, Confer and the other male were standing in a driveway by the road. The second male showed police a video on a cell phone. While the cell video could not be seen in the body cam footage, the discussion indicated it was a video of Confer assaulting a female.

The video provided enough evidence that the officers determined they should take Confer into custody for assault.

Confer argued that there was a person — who did not appear to be at the scene at the time of the video — who Confer said had video evidence that he was not guilty.

One of the officers from off camera tells Confer to put his hands behind his back, and Confer says, “No, I didn’t do nothing,” while he turns around and starts to run. The officers take off after him, and Gustin starts yelling “Taser,” then deploys his Taser at Confer. Confer, who is now on the ground, is asked again to put his hand behind his back, and he complies.

Bartlett pulls Confer up so he can lay Confer on the ground on his stomach and handcuff him. Confer is cursing as Bartlett handcuffs him. The officers tell him not to move again.

“You do not run. You do not act that way,” Bartlett said.

“I didn’t do nothing,” Confer said.

“You just ran,” Bartlett replied. “You were told you were under arrest.”

“Yeah, because I didn’t do nothing,” said Confer.

When officers were trying to escort him to the patrol car, Confer complained that one of them bent his finger.

“Assault. I’m pressing charges on you,” Confer said.

The officers had to tell him to keep walking because he kept stopping to argue.

“No, I ain’t going to McKean County Jail. Nope, I ain’t,” he told them as they reached the door of the patrol vehicle. A second later, Confer was on the ground.

“Abuse and force. Abuse and force,” Confer said, struggling as the officers tried to pull him up to put him in the patrol car.

About a minute later, the officers were putting Confer into the car, the top part of his body entering first, and his feet moving wildly in the air for a moment as he is placed across the seat. An officer can be heard accusing Confer of kicking them, but the car door partially obscures the view; Confer says he did not kick them. Bartlett maces Confer for a couple of seconds, then Gustin slams the car door shut.

At that point, the video shows Gustin go to interview the female, who describes her injuries.

The video footage includes audio of Bartlett and Confer arguing. Also, Confer can be heard for several minutes yelling alone in the car while Gustin is presumably interviewing the female.

No timeline has been released for when the Attorney General’s investigation could conclude.

Confer is currently serving incarceration of one to two years after pleading guilty in an unrelated felony theft that occurred May 23.