Note:

All charges against Harry Dalgaard were dropped in this case.

An inquiry filed by a University student with the Eugene Police Department regarding police conduct in breaking up a Nov. 14 off-campus party has been resolved, but the student is dissatisfied with the results.
University sophomore Emily Plummer filed an inquiry with EPD before winter break after officers responded to a noise complaint and found a party with about 300 people in attendance, including minors allegedly consuming alcohol, according to a police report. Plummer alleged that EPD officers used excessive force in breaking up the party, wielding batons on her boyfriend, Harry Dalgaard, and stomping on him, lacerating his face and embedding gravel in his ear.
EPD Internal Affairs Coordinator Sgt. Kel Williams said the officers were just doing their jobs.
“There’s absolutely no sign that officers committed misconduct,” Williams said. “The force they used was reasonable and necessary given the resistance they encountered.”
The police report, written by Williams, states that Plummer began to leave the party after receiving a citation for minor in possession, at which point she saw Dalgaard on the ground with three officers pinning him down. The officers attempted to arrest Dalgaard and fell to the ground when he struggled. One officer deployed his baton to “lever (Dalgaard’s) arm free for handcuffing,” but did not hit him, the report says.
The report says the “stomping” Plummer reported was Officer Tony Baker’s attempt to restrain Dalgaard.
“Officer Baker turned Dalgaard’s head to one side to minimize the chance of facial injury, then pinned his head to the ground with his shin to try to limit his range of motion,” the report stated.
Williams said Dalgaard resisted police.
“Part of the problem is, (Plummer) did not see the events that led up to her boyfriend being put on the ground,” he said. “There’s not a question that that was a lawful arrest. “
“She had been drinking at the time, and that’s obviously going to affect her perception,” he added.
Accounts of the incident given by Plummer and others largely matched what officers wrote in their reports, Williams said.
Plummer said she was dissatisfied that all her inquiry yielded was a phone call from Williams, however.
“He was just trying to convince me that everything that happened was common procedure in dealing with a party,” Plummer said. “He told me it was perfectly normal. If it is, then they’re brutal to everyone.”
Williams said he sympathizes with the stress Plummer went through, but that officers did nothing wrong.
“I don’t expect her to be happy,” Williams said. “These kinds of opinions are really hard to respond to.”
The inquiry did not result in any disciplinary action, and EPD considers Plummer’s inquiry “resolved,” EPD spokeswoman Pam Olshanski said. Dalgaard opted not to pursue an inquiry, and one student contacted the department about the incident but has not returned Williams’ calls.
“From the standpoint of the police department, we looked into the matter and consider it closed,” Williams said.
Dalgaard declined to comment, citing his upcoming trial on two counts of interfering with police in connection with the incident.