Kim Rentmeister was arrested following the altercation and booked into Weber County Jail.
“As police officers, when we’re dispatched on calls to assist the public, we’re duty-bound to do that,” he said. Harvey also said Powell was well within his rights as a police officer to be on Kim Rentmeister’s property in that situation. “We drill that into our officers, to be one level above who they’re dealing with, from their mere presence all the way up to lethal force, when necessary.” “That’s something we stress and train on,” Harvey said. John Harvey, Deputy Director of the Ogden Police Department, said Powell showed “great restraint and discretion” during the altercation, acknowledging the result could have been much uglier. However, she said, Powell was unable to deploy his Taser during the incident, and he used no other means to subdue Kim Rentmeister. Then, Kim Rentmeister allegedly pinned Powell against a truck until Powell was able to escape by, as it appears in the video, grabbing Rentmeister’s throat.Īmie Rentmeister said Thursday that she was scared for her life and that of Powell’s. After Kim Rentmeister told the officer several times to get off his property, an altercation between he and the officer, identified in court documents as Kyle Powell, ensued.Īccording to a probable cause affidavit, on which Powell is the affiant, Kim Rentmeister at one point tried to grab Amie Rentmeister, leading Powell to intervene. When Amie Rentmeister and the officer arrived at Kim Rentmeister’s property to investigate, the situation quickly turned physical. Because she and her husband allegedly had numerous run-ins with Kim Rentmeister in the past, she called Ogden police to provide an officer to help her investigate the water line. OGDEN - A 47-year-old man is facing charges for allegedly assaulting a police officer Sunday night, after a years-long family feud boiled over the top.Īmie Rentmeister, who caught the incident on video, said it all started when she suspected her brother-in-law, Kim Rentmeister, of disabling her home’s sewer and water lines, which run through his property, at 670 N. EDITOR’S NOTE: Warning! Video contains graphic language.