Overview
- In a social media video from West Hollywood Park, a Security Ambassador in a yellow uniform appears to punch a homeless man before another ambassador steps in to separate them.
- The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says deputies responded to a battery call on the security officer and cited the homeless man.
- Deputies report viewing the viral clip and a second video that they say appears to show the ambassador as the victim, with the investigation ongoing.
- Allied Universal, the city’s contracted security firm, says the employee seen in the video has been removed from the site pending an investigation.
- West Hollywood’s Community Safety Department has opened a review to gather footage and witness accounts and to assess possible policy or contract violations.