1. Charlottesville Police
  2. Todd A. Lucas

Officer Detail: Todd A. Lucas

General Information

Name Todd A. Lucas
OpenOversight ID 39937
Unique Internal Identifier Lucas-Todd-A
Department Charlottesville Police
Race White
Gender Male
Birth Year (Age) 1973 (~52 y/o)
First Employment Date 2000-05-01
Number of known incidents 1
Currently on the force Yes

Assignment History

Department Job Title Badge No. Unit Start Date End Date
Charlottesville Police Detective 300 Gang Unit 2002-01-01
Charlottesville Police Detective None 2000-05-01
Charlottesville Police Officer 300 Patrol 2000-05-01
Charlottesville Police Police Officer Field Operations 2000-05-01
Charlottesville Police Detective 300 Investigations 2000-05-01 2002-01-01

Salary

Annual Salary Overtime & Other Pay Total Pay Year
$74,938.45 $775.29 $75,713.74 FY2023

Incidents

Incident Beating-of-Jamar-Gladden

Date Jul 29, 2015
Time 12:00 PM
Report # Beating-of-Jamar-Gladden
Department Charlottesville Police
Officers Todd A. Lucas , Robbie Oberholzer
Description

On Nov. 7, 2016, Jamar Antwaun Gladden filed a complaint under the Civil Rights Act against Charlottesville Police officers R.A. Oberholzer, J. Seitz, and T.A. Lucas (also naming the JADE Task Force) for attacking, brutalizing, and nearly asphyxiating him on July 29, 2015.

Gladden's complaint alleges excessive force, unreasonable aggression, the use of a chokehold, unlawful seizure, and violation of his Fourth Amendment rights.

Gladden describes the incident in his own words (from "Gladden v. Charlottesville Va. Police Dept"):

"Officer Oberholzer put me in a chokehold with his arm around my neck/throat, never reaching for my hands or arms making a[n] attempt to arrest or detain me. Just a[n] immediate instinct reaction to put his arm around my throat and to throw his body weight against me and we immediately went crashing to the ground (his stomach to my back).

Officer Oberholzer layed on top of me while still continuing to squeeze his arm tighter around my throat, in which at this time it was extremely hard for me to breathe.

"I was beginning to lose consciousness when a number of 'Jon Doe' detectives of JADE Task Force also appeared on the scene and begun to physically and maliciously plant knees and feet on my body while still on my stomach with Officer Oberholzer's arm around my throat. Along with said 'John Doe' detectives of JADE Task Force, Detectives McCall, Seitz, and Lucas begun to become overly aggressive when 'John Doe Detective' of JADE Task Force started to holler 'Knife, knife[!]' Again, I was on my stomach. [I] believed I blacked out slightly at some point[] so I wasn't able to see the above named JADE Task Force members or the John Doe Detectives' faces at the time when a foot, knee or whatever force that came down on the back of my head to make my face make contact with the ground...

"Before being sat up, Officer Oberholzer kicked me after I was already being handled by JADE Task Force Detectives John Does and cuffed... At no time did I offer a reason for this inhumane attack on me..."
Address Charlottesville, VA

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