were starting to fatigue," Wieber wrote. "I was worried we would be unable to successfully apprehend Petrov or defend ourselves from an attack."

Officer Darrin Shelton wrote in his statement that Petrov was grunting, agitated and bleeding when Shelton arrived on scene.

"I placed my right foot on Petrov's left shoulder blade in an attempt to prevent him from spitting blood," Shelton wrote, noting that Petrov spit blood on his pants and boots.

There were 11 deputies involved in the November incident, but none one of them opted to turn on their body cameras.

The beating instead was captured on a surveillance camera, leading San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon to consider whether to charge the deputies.


Santamaria and Wieber, the first two officers to catch up to Petrov and tackle him tothe ground, can be seen on the video repeatedly beating Petrov with their batons, and there is little evidence of the struggle they describe. However, the video's time stamps appear to indicate that there are gaps within the footage.

The statements from Wieber and Santamaria were written after the video was released, as were the majority of the statements by deputies.

The reports were obtained through public records requests by Mike Katz-Lacabe, an activist who often posts records online related to law enforcement issues such as license plate readers and cellphone monitoring.

The incident with Petrov began about 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 12, when officers attempted to stop a stolen, white Mercedes at a Castro Valley hotel.

Petrov, who has been arrested 19 times since 2003, had other ideas.

According to the report,