The Interstate 575 arrest

On August 17, 2024, Deputy Davis K. Banks conducted a traffic stop involving Andrew Gregory Walker, whose Tesla had reportedly been traveling 86 mph in a 70 mph zone on Interstate 575. Corporal Bryant Moyers was serving as Banks’s field training officer. Following a roadside DUI investigation, Banks arrested Walker on suspicion of DUI less safe (alcohol), speeding, weaving over the roadway and misdemeanor obstruction. These are allegations documented in the arrest report, not convictions established by the supplied file.

Walker was placed in hinged handcuffs behind his back and seated in the patrol vehicle. He later complained that the cuffs were too tight and caused numbness in his fingers. He said he asked for them to be loosened and subsequently described ongoing symptoms after leaving the detention center. His medical concerns are part of the complaint; the provided records do not independently establish a permanent injury.

What the video review documented

Lieutenant David M. Barone investigated after the complaint reached the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office on August 21, 2024. His written review says Banks checked the original handcuff placement with a finger and double locked the cuffs. When Walker complained again, Banks checked both wrists, loosened the left cuff and reengaged its double lock. Barone attributed the changed tightness to Walker having moved his hands and wrists from the initial position. Walker reportedly said the adjustment was good and thanked Banks.

Barone calculated approximately one minute and forty seconds between Walker’s complaint and Banks loosening the left cuff. The supplied PDF contains the investigator’s account of the footage, not a playable body camera recording.

Cherokee County’s official finding: EXONERATED

Captain Kim Thompson’s final report dated August 27, 2024 concluded that Banks had not violated Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office Policy 03-02-03 governing persons in custody and handcuffing. The policy includes checking fit and engaging the double lock. The agency’s administrative disposition was EXONERATED. This conclusion does not establish that Walker felt no discomfort; it means the agency determined the deputy’s documented conduct complied with its policy.

The later City of White controversy

Banks voluntarily resigned from Cherokee County on December 21, 2024. He joined the City of White Police Department on March 11, 2025 and was terminated October 17, 2025. Georgia POST’s separate investigative summary describes allegations involving an April 10, 2025 pursuit conducted without a functioning radio and without a supervisor on duty, concerns about a microphone for the in-car camera, and workplace statements about the police chief. The city’s chief cited violations of its pursuit policy, obedience to lawful orders and rules and regulations.

Banks disputed significant details. In a November 5, 2025 POST interview, he said the pursuit concerned a suspected DUI hit-and-run driver, speeds remained at or below the speed limit, and he believed the suspect posed a danger. He said his radio stopped working, the in-car microphone had been defective, and he used his body-worn camera to record encounters. He also denied speaking to council members about removing the chief, saying he had raised concerns about department practices with administrative staff. POST’s summary notes a one-day suspension remained in place after an appeal while a written reprimand was rescinded.

Georgia POST’s final decision: NO ACTION

The POST investigation opened October 30, 2025. Although the case summary discusses possible statutory violations, the subsequent September 21, 2026 officer profile records the case closed and complete with a final action on July 24, 2026 of NO ACTION. The same profile identifies Banks as IN GOOD STANDING with active basic law enforcement, jailer and radar/lidar credentials. It does not list current employment with another agency. Termination by the City of White is not the same as state decertification.

Training and professional background

Banks’s four-page Georgia POST profile documents 1,125 training hours across 2020 through 2025, including four hours of handcuffing techniques on May 20, 2020, defensive tactics, use of force, crisis intervention and de-escalation instruction. Recorded course attendance alone does not prove correct or incorrect performance in a specific incident.

Editorial note: The Cherokee County handcuffing allegation was exonerated. The City of White termination concerned later and separate allegations that Banks disputed. Georgia POST ultimately recorded no action. Neither the complaint nor the termination establishes a criminal conviction. Updated October 2026.