In the citation, deputy Muellner wrote, “While handling a medical/check the welfare (call), (Henderson) was filming it. Data privacy HIPAA violation. Refused to identify self. Had to stop dealing with sit(uation) to deal w/Henderson.” Randy Gustafson, the spokesman for the Ramsey County sheriff’s office, has declined to divulge the details of the case saying that investigation is going on. Meanwhile, Jane Kirtley, Professor of Media Ethics and Media Law at the University of Minnesota, said that making video recordings of something that’s happening in public is legal. “I wish the police around the country would get the memo on these situations,” she said.