A Wisconsin police department has insisted that one of their officers was not planting evidence after a viral video showed him dropping a plastic baggie on to the back seat of a car during a traffic stop.
Cell phone video shot by a passenger which went viral this weekend appeared to show the Caledonia Police officer - who has not been named - dropping the wrapper into the car after it was pulled over for going 63 mph in a 45 mph zone Wednesday.
In the video uploaded to social media, a male passenger is seen addressing the officer, saying 'What's that? What did you just throw in here? I got you on camera, bro.'
The officer responds: 'I got you on camera, we're all good.'
The passenger then pivots the camera to the backseat where the plastic bag can be seen, and says: 'Hey bro, you just threw that in here.'
Caledonia Police say they have launched an internal review, but released body camera footage which they say shows the officer was not planting evidence.
They say the baggie was found on a passenger who had already been taken out of the vehicle, and was dropped on to the seat because officers did not believe it contained drugs.
A Wisconsin police department is conducting an internal review, after a video went viral depicting an officer 'planting evidence' into the back seat of a pulled-over vehicle last week
On Saturday, Caledonia Police Chief Christopher Botsch responded to video of an officer allegedly tossing a plastic bag into the back seat of a car, after it was pulled over for going 63 mph in a 45 mph zone Wednesday
Botsch said the first video depicts officers searching one of the rear passengers outside the vehicle while an 'empty corner tear,' or corner of a plastic baggie, was found in the passenger's pocket.
On Saturday, Village of Caledonia Chief of Police Christopher Botsch responded to the video.
He said: 'Earlier today, the Caledonia Police Department was made aware of a cell phone video that is circulating social media platforms depicting the actions of a Caledonia police officer.'
'We were able to locate the call for service associated with the cell phone video. The
