Dashcam video released by the Little Rock Police Department shows a collision Thursday night between a police vehicle and a sport utility vehicle.
The video shows the officer driving to a robbery call when his vehicle collides with a Hyundai Santa Fe turning onto Kanis Road near Baptist Medical Health Center.
A witness told investigators the police officer was speeding. The Santa Fe driver, who was cited, on Friday criticized police for not also citing the officer.
Lt. Steve McClanahan said Monday that an internal investigation into the wreck is continuing but that the officer will be disciplined if it is determined he was speeding.
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A sport utility vehicle driver who collided Thursday night with an officer heading to a robbery call said Friday it's unfair that only he was cited when a witness reported the officer was speeding.
The crash happened about 9:20 p.m. near Baptist Health Medical Center as the officer was responding without his emergency lights or siren on to a report of a robbery.
According to a Little Rock Police Department report, the officer was eastbound on Kanis Road when a Hyundai Santa Fe driven by 37-year-old Anthony Logan pulled out from Emergency Center Drive and hit the police vehicle's driver side.
The lawman, identified as officer Charles Starks, was taken to Baptist Health Medical Center, where he was treated and released that night after complaining of neck, back and shoulder pain.
A witness reported the Santa Fe crossed traffic lanes before the collision, but said that the police vehicle was speeding.
Logan was cited for careless or prohibited driving. Reached Friday by phone, he called it unfair that he was cited after the wreck while the police officer was not. He noted the speed of the police car was a factor in the collision.
"He was going to a call, but he didn't have no lights on, no sirens, nothing," Logan said. "I looked that way and nothing was coming at all. And then it was too late to do anything. I was already hit."
Starks was not cited at the scene, Little Rock police spokesman Lt. Steve McClanahan confirmed, though he said police will review the collision internally and he could face discipline or a citation at a later date if it's determined he was speeding. He said the internal discipline is more likely than a citation, though both are possible if it's determined Starks was speeding.
McClanahan stressed that the officer was heading to a robbery call.
"He wasn't going to eat dinner or going home for the night," McClanahan said.
Logan — who said he suffered an arm injury in the crash — said he will likely file a complaint with the department.
"I don't think that was right," he said. "I believe he should have been cited too. And if he was going on his way to a call, his lights or sirens should have been on."
Officers have discretion not to use lights and sirens if they aren't responding to life-threatening incidents and can still get there quickly and safely, McClanahan said.
The police vehicle suffered an estimated $12,000 in damage.