Roy Hymes
An off-duty LSPD officer driving his personal Honda Pilot blocked a man riding a BMX bike to work at 5 a.m. in Arlington, demanded to know where he lived, and identified himself as a police officer.
- Officer Dennis Irwin — Marine / SRO unit, off-duty
What the file shows
Hymes wrote in his Arlington PD statement that Irwin "blocked the road and prevented me from leaving, he detained me, while impersonating an officer, I felt threatened and like I was about to be in a fist fight. It was very early in the morning, he was very big, and I felt very threatened. When he jumped out of his van and approached me I tried to keep my bike between us to provide some protection."
Irwin admitted in Chief Beazizo's phone interview that he confronted Hymes because Hymes was riding a BMX bike with no lights, wearing a hoodie, and carrying a backpack near his residence — "suspicious in his neighborhood." Irwin conceded that next time he would call 911 rather than confronting the subject himself.
Beazizo coached Irwin and closed the file. The Arlington PD report (case 2019-25595) was attached but no formal use-of-authority allegation was classified — only "Courtesy / Disrespect."
Why this file matters
A police officer detained a non-uniformed citizen off-duty on suspicion of "being in the neighborhood" while wearing a hoodie. The case was disposed as a courtesy issue and given verbal coaching, with no review of off-duty force authority or pretext-stop policy.