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Evansville Police Review Ride-Along Policy After Incident

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) _ Evansville police are reviewing their ride-along policies after an officer's son was accused of assaulting a man during a department-sanctioned ride.

The officer's son allegedly tried to break the cellphone of a man recording an arrest June 28 at a gas station.

The Evansville Courier & Press (http://bit.ly/1D3D1L2 ) reports Police Chief Billy Bolin has banned the son from participating in future rides, and his father will be counseled on how he might better handle such situations in the future.

However, Bolin wouldn't say whether the department will make big changes to the program in which civilians ride with officers to get a sense of police work.

Bolin says the department will also discuss whether it should create more stringent rules on when riders are allowed out of police cars.

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