BEAUFORT, S.C. (WCSC) - The sheriff of Beaufort County confirmed a deputy caught on camera pointing a gun at youths in a neighborhood over the weekend has been fired.

Sheriff P.J. Tanner said the former deputy, whom he identified as William “Billy” Squires, was terminated on Friday morning. The sheriff’s office also requested that the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy revoke his state law enforcement certification, he said.

Sheriff: Deputy fired for multiple violations of agency policy

The termination Friday morning came after deputies determined Squires committed a “host of policy violations” in the incident. One of them, Tanner said, was insubordination in the deputy’s refusal to submit to a DataMaster test, also known as a “breathalyzer” test, when responding deputies notified

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