Belligerent Greenacres Man Arrested

An angry Greenacres man gave police no choice but to arrest him when he continually harassed the sergeant on duty at the police dispatch trailer on Wednesday afternoon January 12. The trouble began earlier that day when Russ Kopp’s neighbor on Sage Terrace complained that he was throwing snow from his driveway onto her property. The neighbors have had words in the past. Police arrived and resolved the dispute but apparently Kopp was not satisfied.

In the afternoon Kopp went to the police dispatch trailer on Fenimore Road and wanted to file a new police report to supersede the report taken earlier in the day on the incident. The sergeant on duty told him that there was no basis for a revision of the report. Kopp became irate and continued to argue with the sergeant telling him was going “to give him one last chance or he was going to get him in trouble.” The sergeant, who was busy manning the dispatch station told Kopp to leave the trailer and Kopp responded by telling the officer that he was going home to get a video camera and he would come back to film the sergeant’s refusal to take his complaint.

Kopp then said, “Are you sure? I am giving you one last chance. Ever hear of Arnold Schwarzenegger – I’ll be back.”

Kopp left but returned to the trailer with his video camera around 2:45 pm. He found the trailer locked and repeatedly banged on the door and called the trailer with his cell phone in an attempt to gain entry. When he couldn’t get in, he started videotaping the sergeant through the window of the trailer. When the sergeant and another officer opened the door to the leave the trailer, Kopp put the video camera in their faces and the sergeant told Kopp he was under arrest. Kopp flailed his arms and legs in an effort to resist arrest, and the sergeant ended up with a broken wrist.

Kopp was arrested for obstruction of government administration and resisting arrest and was released on his own recognizance.

In an email to Scarsdale10583.com, Kopp's wife Robin defended her husband, saying, "We look forward to vindicating my husband's name and reputation in court. We are also in the process of filing a formal complaint with the Westchester County District Attorney's office against the Scarsdale Police Force and Sgt. Raysor for excessive police force and violating my husband's civil rights."