The dashcam from a June 22 fight involving three off-duty Washington Court House police officers has been released.
In the video, it is shown that off-duty police officers Derek Pfeifer, Logan George, and Ricky Musser were involved in a fight. The video shows all three men providing their side of the story to on-duty supervisor, Sergeant David Page.
George admits to Page that a car with two women and Musser drove by George’s house calling him names. George told Page that he drove down the street to Pfeifer’s house, where the car pulled in and confronted the women. George says seconds later, Pfeifer pulls in and starts demanding George leave his property.
In the dashcam video, George’s dad is heard in the background giving his side of the story and supporting his son’s account of the events.
“Dad, it doesn’t matter what you say! The Pfeifers run everything; he’s got him [another officer] in his pocket,” George is overheard saying. That appears to be a reference to Sergeant Derek Pfeifer, whom George was fighting, and Matt Pfeifer, Derek’s cousin, who is also a police sergeant with the police department.
Pfeifer demands in the video that a report be taken for criminal trespassing and menacing. When Page tells him that was not going to happen, Pfeifer continues to argue with the veteran of the force who has more than 25 years with the department. That’s when things heat up between the two with Page getting just inches from Pfeifer’s face, telling Pfeifer that Pfeifer is drunk and that the “incident” is over.
That’s when Page starts to leave the scene, but not before Pfeifer hurdles an apparent threat to him by shouting, “What if I call Brian right now?” referring to police chief Brian Hottinger. Page, not phased by the threat, replied, “I don’t care! Call him,” right before Pfeifer storms off.
No charges were filed in the fight, but the police chief says that matter remains under an internal investigation with possible disciplinary action taking place. A call to the Fraternal Order of Police in Columbus — the union that represents the officers — seeking comment was not returned.
Pfeifer was hired by the police department in 2007 and was recently promoted to sergeant. Musser and George were both hired as patrolmen in 2017.
