On Saturday around 4 p.m., two officers with the police department conducted a traffic stop on potential suspects related to a car-jacking from a nearby jurisdiction, according to police.
Police said a resident in the area recorded the encounter with his mobile phone and reported one of the officers used a racial epithet during the initial contact with the potential suspects.
The officer involved in the incident has been identified and has been placed on leave pending the completion of an investigation into the incident, police said.