SAN DIEGO OFFICER LOCKS HIMSELF IN BACKSEAT WITH FEMALE PRISONER..#SANDIEGOPOLICE

an officer with the San Diego Police Department resigned after being found in the backseat of his patrol car with a female suspect.

On August 14, 2023, Officer Anthony Hair arrested a woman on a bench warrant. Around 1:10 a.m. on August 15, Officer Hair transported the woman from Northern Division's substation to Las Colinas Detention Facility for jail booking.

According to an internal document, Hair arrived at Las Colinas at 1:33 a.m. At 1:44 a.m., he requested another officer meet him at the detention facility. Hair allegedly texted the other officer telling him to "come to his location as fast as he could, and he would explain the situation later," the document detailed. Hair also requested a spare patrol vehicle key.

At 2:37 a.m., the officer arrived at Hair's location and opened the back passenger side door. Hair came out "running" from the vehicle.

According to the second officer, who was not named in the document, Hair explained that he was checking his prisoner's pulse during a medical emergency and the door accidentally shut, locking him in the backseat with the female detainee. The document stated that Hair opened the door opposite of where she was sitting and climbed into the back seat. Hair said he planned to use his foot to keep the door open, but it accidentally shut.

When asked if he had his body worn camera, Hair said he turned off the camera when he arrived at his location and placed it in the front seat of the patrol vehicle.

During an interview, the suspect denied any allegations of misconduct by former Officer Hair. She was then deemed medically unfit for jail booking and transported to a local hospital for treatment