. >> thomas shannon, now retired, was a campus police officer at the time. >> sometimes you just overlook>> you want to do some fingerprints or not? >> reluctantly, the suspect gets up. instead of facing the table, the 6'2" burgen stares down the much smaller burnett. the rookie officer tries to assert his authority. you going to cooperate or not? >> i think there's times where the officer was trying to establish himself as the alpha dog in the situation. >> stewart warner reports on the story. >> he was a young officer. there are times when you need to do that. this is not one of those times because you had a suspect who was unstable. >> burnett, again sensing trouble, is hoping to get burgen back on the bench and get some additional assist stance. >> sit down on the chair. no, you're not. you're going to sit down. >> i'm going to try to give my fingerprints and do what you want me to do. >> you don't square off with me! you understand. we're going to do this again. after a minute officer burnett returns and uncuffs the suspect a second time. >> just off-camera is campus police officer t