Prosecutors have dismissed charges against Ellen Glickman, director of Kent State University’s School of Health Sciences, after police charged her on May 9 with disorderly conduct by intoxication.

Body camera footage from the incident has made rounds across the internet in recent days, including in Daily Mail.

“Information not apparent in the video was presented to the municipal court which resulted in a timely dismissal of the entire charge,” Friedman and Long, from law firm Friedman Nemecek Long & Grant, L.L.C., said in a statement.

Court records show Glickman’s charges were dismissed after she completed 10 hours of community service and agreed to pay court costs.

Emily Vincent, director of university media relations, said in an email that the university is aware of Glickman’s situation and does not comment on personnel matters. Since the incident, Glickman’s university profile has gone offline. It is not known whether she will face disciplinary actions from the university.

Officers responded to a 911 call from Glickman asking for assistance with her key to Nixson Hall around 10:30 p.m. that night. When officers arrived, they said they noticed an odor of alcohol on her, according to an incident report.

After helping Glickman into the building, officers told her at least six times they did not want her to drive and asked her to call for a ride at least eight times before they arrested her for disorderly conduct by intoxication, according to body camera footage.

Glickman, still dressed in a cap and gown, said she had attended the school’s commencement ceremony and had a drink in a colleague’s office prior to the arrival of police. 

When Officer Alec Womack called for back-up, Officer Trevor White agreed that he could detect an odor of an alcoholic beverage and that her speech indicated she seemed to be intoxicated, said Tricia Knoles, a sergeant with the Kent State University Police.

“I had a drink,” Glickman said in the body camera footage, adding, “you can smell a little alcohol on me, that’s fine.”

In an incident report, White said after Glickman used the bathroom in Nixson Hall, he told her that he would not let her drive her vehicle home, to which Glickman responded she will drive her Tesla home.

Glickman then began to walk down the hall to prove she was able to drive herself, and she informed the officers she was going to call Kent City Police.

White said Womack offered Glickman another chance to call someone to drive her home and she told the officers she was going to call Captain Gettman of Kent Police Department. There is no Captain Gettman at the Kent Police Department.

“After numerous attempts of getting her to call someone, they decided to arrest for disorderly conduct by intoxication so that she would not cause harm to herself or others,” Knoles said.

At one point after her arrest, Glickman appeared to question the officer’s tenure, according to body camera footage, and said, “I’ve worked here 28 years. Can I speak to somebody who’s been here a long time?”

Glickman’s lawyers said she looks forward to returning to the university.

“[Glickman] now looks forward to continuing to provide her students with the high-quality education that her school and Kent State University has always been known for,” they said.

Knoles said White and Womack responded appropriately to Glickman’s call as it is the university police department’s primary goal to keep the community safe, which includes making necessary arrests.

Adriana Gasiewski is a reporter. Contact her at [email protected].