A member of Albany's Community Police Review Board has been arrested following an alleged incident Monday evening in the city.

The Coordinator of the Albany Community Police Review Board, Clay Gustave, is charged with resisting arrest, reckless driving, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, and an illegal signal following a traffic stop, according to Albany police.

The arrest report alleges Gustave, when pulled over for failing to signal a switch of lanes and cutting off another vehicle on Western Avenue, refused to turn off his car and refused to cooperate with subsequent commands.

Gustave was initially pulled over for reckless driving and Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins says he immediately became non-compliant with the officer who pulled him over.

Ironically, Gustave coordinated a "Know Your Rights" workshop on how to handle police encounters back in April.

"What really disturbs me about this incident is that Mr. Gustave should know better," Hawkins said.

Mayor Kathy Sheehan says Albany Law School is contracted by the city to assist in training for Albany Community Police Review Board members. Sheehan would not detail exactly what Gustave's position entails.

"While that individual doesn't have oversight, they do rely on this individual for support as they go about the work as the civilian review board," Sheehan said.

Sheehan says she reached out to the Law School asking Gustave be removed from his position until a full investigation is complete. On Wednesday, the city told Spectrum News it had not received a response.

Chief Eric Hawkins said he believes his officer did everything right.

"Once you're being told that you're under arrest by a police officer and you refuse to comply with the commands that are in accordance with that arrest, then you are resisting that arrest," Hawkins said. "That is not the time to have some sort of reply."

Hawkins says that's when Gustave became combative and was screaming expletives at the officer. At some point, a bystander had to step in and help the officer.

"Not only was my officer placed at risk, but you had innocent bystanders — there was a person who was just there and saw this physical encounter — that person could've gotten hurt," Hawkins said.

Hawkins says the arresting officer was injured, putting the already short-staffed department in a tight corner.

"We are 40 or so officers short right now and now we have another officer that's off-duty, and I don't know how long this officer's gonna be out, and this is because of some irresponsible behavior," Hawkins said.

At this point, the bodycam footage Hawkins says he has reviewed needs additional eyes and redaction before the public can see it. Sheehan says while the cameras are meant for accountability, she doesn't think the public should see it until after an investigation is complete.

"I don't think that transparency also requires us to move away from a judge and jury system to a public opinion system of deciding and determining what they think they see in a 30 second clip," Sheehan said.

Gustave was also driving with a suspended license when this happened, but Hawkins is unaware of any other run-ins Gustave may have previously had with police.

Hawkins also said it's unclear how the officer was injured at this point and will take some additional investigation to determine whether Gustave should also be charged with assault of a police officer.

The Albany Police Officers Union, in a Facebook post, has also called for Gustave's suspension pending outcome of the case.

"Mr. Gustave is tasked with the oversight of the police but yet conducts himself in such a shameful manner such as this," the post from APOU President Gregory McGee read. "Mr. Gustave expects officers to be held to the highest standards but yet does not hold himself to those same standards."

Gustave is listed on the city's website as the coordinator of the board.