Developments continue to emerge regarding a State Constable who threatened a man in Mifflin County. The public are not the only ones outraged; a judge says a that a formal reprimand is due, his fellow Constables say it doesn’t represent them and at least one of his peers is calling for Constable Steven Elliott to resign.

Constable Steven Elliott of Bedford County can be heard in a July 14th video saying he will beat and taser a man for not showing his ID. Elliott had stopped the Snyder County man after misidentifying him as fugitive Keith Baumgardner. When asked for his side of the story Elliott initially said he couldn’t recall the incident.

At least one fellow officer has already told Elliott directly that he should step down. A series of screen captures provided by a law enforcement officer who asked that their name be withheld appears to show Elliott not only confirming his involvement but saying he doesn’t think he went too far. When Elliott defends his actions the officer responds “then that’s precisely why you should take off the badge.”

Contacted by phone Constable Richard Kidd, also of Bedford County, wants the public to know Elliott’s actions don’t represent all Constables or Law Enforcement. “We are all going to tell you that we just about fell over after we watched that video” Kidd said. “He is not all of us. Not even a percent of us.”

Kidd says he would recognize Elliott if he saw him, but otherwise doesn’t know the Harrison Township Constable. Kidd works primarily in the Bedford County area, but has done work in Mifflin County. Kidd says Bedford courts can be selective in which Constables they utilize.

Not being able to find work in his home region may be what brought Elliott to Mifflin County. Lewistown area Magisterial District Judge Jack Miller says there aren’t enough local Constables to cover the work. The warrant Elliott claims he was working was issued by Judge Miller.

“We put our warrants in what is called the local warrants database. That is open to anybody who has access to it. Any constable who wants access applies to the communication center.” Miller continued “we have a lot of out-of-county constables doing work for us.”

Miller responded that although he has seen the video, “I am not restricting [Elliott] in any way, shape, or form at this point in time. There has been no investigation, no conclusion wrought from that.” Miller says “I don’t approve the availability to the system. That would be somebody above my pay-grade. I could put commentary in as far as restricting after such time there has been an investigation and a determination. I would like to have all the facts before I would act. You don’t want to be premature in your decision. That never turns out well.”

Judge Miller suggested without citizens coming forward that the whole situation may end up as “much ado about nothing.” The District Judge says he had not received any official complaints as of yet and “until there is a formal complaint, there is no action… [Elliott] could be restricted, yes. By my request or the president judge’s request.”