A settlement agreement has been reached in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed against a Lubbock police officer and the city of Lubbock.
Belinda Sarabia's suit claimed excessive force and assault by officer Sadie Hockenberry. The officer repeatedly tasered Sarabia during a 2009 traffic stop when the plaintiff did not comply with orders to get out of the vehicle she was riding in.
Officer Hockenberry and the city argued the actions were reasonable.
Sarabia's attorney Rob Hogan says his client is settling for $17,500 dollars. Under that agreement, the defendants do not admit to any wrongdoing.
Hogan says that the city has agreed to review the LPD's taser-use policy.
