Published Tuesday, February 2, 2021 6:16AM EST
Last Updated Tuesday, February 2, 2021 4:01PM EST
(CNN) -- Three Rochester, New York, officers have been removed from patrol duty after an incident in which a 9-year-old girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed, Interim Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan said.
Body camera videos of Friday's encounter -- released by the police department over the weekend -- showed officers restraining the child, putting her in handcuffs and attempting to get her inside the back of a police vehicle as she repeatedly cries and calls for her father.
The officers were responding to what police called a report of "family trouble" in an encounter sharply criticized by city officials. The incident led to protests in the community.