Add The California Post on Google Newly released surveillance footage shows an Arizona police officer roughing up a 9-months-pregnant woman in handcuffs at a booking facility last year — as a grand jury indictment has forced the female cop out of the force.
In the footage, Carri Carrico is seen shoving the 21-year-old victim into a wall and dragging her to a bench at the facility in Buckeye outside Phoenix in November 2025. The former officer is also seen swinging at the woman’s head.
The pregnant woman was taken to the hospital with a contusion and a concussion, according to a court filing. She told police that Carrico hit her after the officer took her into custody for reckless driving.
Carrico’s body camera also showed her verbally berating the woman, calling her “gross,” “nasty,” and “an a—.”
The officer is also accused of assaulting a man in custody two months later, punching him in the head as two other officers escorted him. Carrico slugged the man, who was suspected of domestic violence and aggravated assault, after he head-butted her, footage shows.
The man claims she threw the punch while he was restrained.
“She tore my shirt,” he is heard saying in the footage. “She punched me in the face when I was already restrained.”
Carrico responded by threatening the man with violence.
“I will smash you so hard into this f—ing wall you won’t see straight,” she said. “Do you understand me? Do you f—ing understand?”
On May 27, a grand jury indicted her on two counts of aggravated assault for both incidents. She has pleaded not guilty.
Carrico went on unpaid leave last month after the charges were announced and resigned from the Buckeye Police Department on June 4. She had spent several years with the department after nearly a decade with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office in California.
She admitted during an internal investigation that video of her with the pregnant woman “looks really ugly,” but she nonetheless defended herself.
“I will say I’ve never once in my life open-hand slapped or struck anybody. And in this moment, I just think the only thing that I did was revert to my training,” she said.
A supervising sergeant said in internal review records obtained by ABC15 that her actions were “very aggressive” and “definitely over the top and unnecessary.”
The former officer received a Hero Award from the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) organization last year, and appeared in an episode of COPS in 2022 while she was with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
