Recently released surveillance video shows an Arizona police officer using force against a handcuffed woman who was nine months pregnant inside a booking facility last year — footage that has emerged as a grand jury indictment led to the officer’s departure from the department.
The video shows Carri Carrico pushing the 21-year-old woman into a wall and pulling her toward a bench at the Buckeye facility, located outside Phoenix, in November 2025. The former officer is also seen swinging toward the woman’s head.
According to a court filing, the pregnant woman was later taken to a hospital with a contusion and a concussion. She told investigators that Carrico struck her after taking her into custody on a reckless driving allegation.
Carrico’s body-worn camera also captured her verbally insulting the woman, including calling her “gross,” “nasty,” and “an a—.”
Carrico is also accused of assaulting a male detainee two months later, allegedly punching him in the head while two other officers were escorting him. Video shows Carrico striking the man, who was suspected of domestic violence and aggravated assault, after he head-butted her.
The man alleged that Carrico hit him after he had already been restrained.
“She tore my shirt,” he can be heard saying in the footage. “She punched me in the face when I was already restrained.”
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Carrico then 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.
Her trial is scheduled for November.
