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Resident alleges officer contacted family and threatened mental-health intervention; council refers matter to staff
Summary
During public comment, Larissa Bryant alleged a Greenville officer emailed family members and suggested she had mental-health issues and might be involuntarily committed; she asked council to convene a dialogue or meeting about the officer’s behavior. The mayor said council would not directly respond but that the city manager or police chief might follow up.
At the start of the meeting’s public-comment period, Larissa Bryant identified herself and presented a lengthy complaint alleging misconduct by a Greenville Police Department officer.
Bryant (S5) said the officer "took it upon himself to email and phone my granddaughter and my son... maintaining that he believes that I, a private citizen, was suffering from a mental illness," and later quoted an email line she said read, "I've copied a mental health unit in." She told the council she had provided medical records and said incident-report pages she received were incomplete and contained false information. "I have provided the chief of verification of my allegations. You will find copies of 13 medical records... recorded by 13 different doctors and specialists," Bryant said.
Mayor (S1) responded that the council itself would not directly reply to the complainant but that the city manager or chief of police might follow up through staff channels. Bryant requested the council "activate some dialogue or possibly a meeting to discuss the troubling behavior of an officer with the Greenville Police Department." Council members did not take immediate action during the meeting; staff follow-up through the city manager’s office and the police department was suggested by the mayor as the appropriate path.
