"The perp was a jerk."  No argument there.....he clearly was a jerk.  Please remember, he was arrested for acting like a jerk.  He was receiving the logical, legal consequences for being a jerk.  "Wall to wall counseling" or, as we've read over the past few months, a "rough ride" while in costody in the back of a police van, is not an appropriate part of the criminal justice procedure...note the use of the term "appropriate."  We do know that, far too often, it IS part of the procedure.  Surveillance cameras, "body cams" and dash cams (as well as bystanders with cell phone cameras) have markedly increased accountability for officers and, hopefully, such brutality, while more widely publicized when it occurs, is actually decreasing. 

Meanwhile, department discliplinary procedures, contract provisions and applicable statutes need to be followed.  Officer Sharlow has had his "day in court" and will face the consequences of his actions and the City will get to pay a sizeable settlement...