ferrens from the force. a brief exchange between ferrens and him. arrested for stabbing a man in the stomach six times trying to help his girlfriend claims that officer ferrens was threatening him while he was handcuffed in the cruiser. >> check it out. there is choice words and officer ferrens is pointing his flashlight at brillin over and over and over yelling back at him. police say at one time he did hit his cheek here with the flashlight but brillin was not injured. as for brillin's excessive force lawsuit, it alleges ferrens has a history of use of force. however, the police department claims that he has had an now, as for the reasoning behind officer ferrens' ten day suspension, i am going to read to you exactly what the lorainne police department has to say. here we go. while it may be understandable that officer ferrens was upset regarding the presence of his son during an extremely violent confrontation it does not excuse his actions during the incident. they represent a clear departure from established policy and cannot be tolerated. for