Newport Police Chief Ryan Duffy has posted a statement addressing the use of force by officers during St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Chief Duffy says over the weekend there were incidents when officers applied some type of force, and most are making their way through the standard review process.
He says social media posts may elicit varied levels of emotion, but there can be more to a situation than what's seen in a short video clip.
Duffy says after a multi-tiered review of the circulating video, he has determined that officers acted in accordance with the reasonableness standard and in compliance with department policy without excess.