Gary Roell

Less-than-lethal force

Three deputies responding to a report that a man was breaking windows at a condominium complex encountered Gary Roell on a back porch, naked from the waist down. Roell, who suffered from bipolar depression and schizophrenia, resisted arrest and struggled with the three officers. One officer tased him, and shortly after Roell was handcuffed, he became unresponsive and died.