Baltimore police have reassigned a supervisor who oversaw a Baltimore police unit tied to the in-custody death of Tyrone West and a vehicle pursuit that turned fatal, the department confirmed.
Lt. Eric Kowalcyzk, a police spokesman, said that the reassignment of Lt. Parker Elliott from the Northeastern District operations unit to patrol did not mean that Elliott had done anything wrong. Elliott was not suspended as part of the probe of either incident.
"The commissioner's made very clear that when we're concerned, we're going to pause and look at what's happening," Kowalcyzk said. "This is us taking a look to see whether there are systemic propblems."
Citing the department's policy prohibiting officers from speaking to the press, Elliott referred questions back to Kowalcyzk.
Nine officers were suspended after police said West was pulled over in Northeast Baltimore in August, became combative and went into "medical distress." More than 100 days have passed and the medical examiner's office has yet to determine a cause of death, and West's family has been protesting weekly to demand answers.