Officer Behind Scottie Scheffler Arrest Suspended After New Police Probe
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Bryan Gillis, the Louisville Metro Police detective who became famous after Scottie Scheffler’s arrest at the 2024 PGA Championship, is back in the news for a very different reason.
This time, Gillis was hit with a two-day suspension after a separate internal probe found he broke department rules during a traffic incident on Oct. 4, 2025.
The incident happened while Gillis was working traffic detail outside a University of Louisville football game against Virginia.
According to the LWOS reporting, he was driving his patrol car with his mother in the front seat when he used the cruiser to respond to a nearby crash. On the way, he drove on the wrong side of South Floyd Street and hit a motorcyclist who was fleeing the earlier collision.
“I slammed on my brakes,” Gillis later told investigators, defending his decision to travel on the wrong side of the street, per Courier Journal.
“I felt that I was stopped before he hit me, but it looks like I veered to the right away from him. I’m trying to avoid him and brake at the same time.”
The Louisville Metro Police Department said Gillis broke more than one rule that day.
He did not turn on his cruiser camera. He did not turn on his body camera.
Investigators also found that he had not filed the paperwork required for the UofL secondary job and had not received approval to use his patrol car for that work.
His mother’s presence in the vehicle was also treated as a policy problem, even though Gillis said they were both on break and she was just with him during the traffic assignment and was “not really a rider.”
Scottie Scheffler's arrest made Gillis famous
Gillis became famous in May 2024 outside Valhalla Golf Club when he arrested world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler before the second round of the PGA Championship.
Spectator Cole Turner of New York wore a T-shirt that had professional golfer and the No.1-ranked Scottie Scheffler's Louisville Metro Corrections' mug shot at the 2024 PGA Championship second round Friday at Valhalla Golf Course in Louisville, Kentucky May 17, 2024. Scheffler was arrested early Friday morning on charges of third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from an officer directing traffic, according to jail records and his arrest citation. Scheffler made it to his tee time.
Spectator Cole Turner of New York wore a T-shirt that had professional golfer and the No.1-ranked Scottie Scheffler's Louisville Metro Corrections' mug shot at the 2024 PGA Championship second round Friday at Valhalla Golf Course in Louisville, Kentucky May 17, 2024. Scheffler was arrested early Friday morning on charges of third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from an officer directing traffic, according to jail records and his arrest citation. Scheffler made it to his tee time.
The area was already in chaos after a pedestrian was fatally injured nearby and roads were backed up. Scheffler was trying to reach the course when police stopped him. Gillis later said Scheffler’s vehicle kept moving and dragged him to the ground.
Scheffler was charged with a second-degree offense against a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals. But the case did not last long.
Just days later, Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell dropped all four charges, saying the evidence showed a “misunderstanding,” not a crime.
Even with the arrest, Scheffler stayed in the tournament and finished tied for eighth.
Gillis also took heat after that arrest because he did not activate his body camera. LMPD said at the time that he should have had it on in some form, even before the encounter with Scheffler.
He got corrective action, not a suspension, for that incident.
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