Yesterday (Wednesday), the Alexandria City Council unanimously approved a request by the city’s police review board to continue investigating last summer’s in-custody death of Allan Tucker II.
Earlier this month, the Independent Community Policing Review Board voted to tell City Council that a report on the Alexandria Police Department’s response to the incident was incomplete and needed further investigation.
Tucker, 32, was arrested for public intoxication in the hallway of his apartment complex home on Aug. 15, 2025, and died while waiting 35 to 45 minutes in the back of an APD cruiser parked in the sally port of the Alexandria jail.
In her report, Independent Policing Auditor Ameratu Kamara found that two officers and their supervisor, a sergeant, ignored Tucker’s repeated requests to be taken to the hospital and that a “lengthy shift change” at the jail resulted in Tucker never getting a standard medical screening by a nurse. Kamara’s disciplinary recommendations to Police Chief Tarrick McGuire were not made public in her report, a sticking point with the review board that City Council asked her to clarify.
“I think there is a general feeling, at least among the people I’ve discussed this with, that the people are entitled in some way to understand the disciplinary actions have been made in order to understand if the officers for whom findings were made are being held to account for the output of your investigation,” City Councilwoman Sandy Marks said.
The two officers were placed on administrative leave after the incident and resumed full duties six months later, according to the report. In January, Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter announced he would not seek charges against them.
Kamara will now look into the actions of the supervising sergeant, provide clarity behind communication issues with the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office and seek additional information on APD training recommendations. Kamara found that the sergeant, a 24-year APD veteran, spoke to Tucker after his arrest to see if he took “any substances or medication that may have impacted his behavior.”
After speaking with Tucker, the sergeant and two officers then muted their body cameras for a brief period, against department policy, and then the sergeant directed one of the officers to transport Tucker to the Alexandria jail.
Kamara said she understands there is frustration about not disclosing her disciplinary recommendations, but that she is prohibited from making them public.
“I understand that it is important for people to know what is recommended, but what is recommended is not all always the result of what happens,” Kamara said. “I’ll say just really quickly in preparing for the Allan Tucker public hearing, I did meet with board members individually or in subcommittee in groups of two to discuss my disciplinary recommendations, and then as of July 1 this year, because of a new state law that just passed, HB 1476, the board is now allowed to go into closed session to discuss things such as disciplinary recommendations.”
Councilman Abdel Elnoubi said the city ordinance establishing the review board states that the auditor’s recommendations should be made public. The city attorney, on the other hand, said that the ordinance does not specifically require the auditor to do so.
Kamara told City Council that she plans on wrapping up the investigation in time for the review board’s meeting on Sept. 2.
This is the review board’s first case since City Council founded it in 2021.
