On Tuesday 41 year old Ryan Phillips was in the United States Federal Court for sentencing.
Ryan Phillips, a former Sergeant with Daleville Police Department and former Houston County Sheriff Deputy enterted guilty pleas in United States Federal Court for using Unreasonable Force against an inmate in a March 2022 dispute.
In the plea agreement, Ryan Phillips admitted that he took off his gun and badge, entered the cell where the inmate was held alone, and struck the inmate several times in the face and upper body. Federal Court information is the inmate suffered multiple cuts and bruises to his face and chest.
This was a civil rights violation which was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
The United States Federal Court Judge sentenced Ryan Phillips to 16 months in the United States Bureau of Prisons. His law enforcement certification was ordered revoked and he can never be re-instated as a law enforcement officer, anywhere, again.
Following the sentence the court ordered Ryan Phillips to be taken into immediate custody to begin serving his sentence.
This event did not happen under the current leadership of Daleville Department of Public Safety – Police Division where John Crawford serves as Police Chief now.
