A Dothan attorney is demanding the police department release bodycam footage of arrests after four of his clients were allegedly tased or beaten as they left an event at the local Elks Lodge on Sunday.

“We have multiple clients who were arrested, who were beat upon, and who were tased, and we want answers,” said attorney Dustin Fowler on Thursday.

Fowler said his clients were charged with resisting arrest and assault after they were stopped for no apparent reason. He told AL.com on Thursday the charges were frivolous.

“There was a call out to the venue where they were at, and our clients were leaving,” he said. “They’re working, good people.”

Fowler said several of his clients, Stephanie Franklin, Zaire Downey, Candice Downey and Shan Walker, were tased and one woman was beaten on the ground by officers on December 15. He said he did not know how his clients got into an interaction with the officers.

Fowler said his clients had nothing to do with the officers being called out to the venue. Cell phone footage, captured by someone nearby, shows an officer striking a woman who is on the ground.

Chief of Police William E. Benny released a statement Thursday saying a standard use of force review was underway within the department following the arrests.

“We take all such incidents seriously and are committed to ensuring transparency and accountability in our operations,” he said.

Benny said the department would update the public and asked for citizens to let the investigation process take its course in the meantime.

At a press release Thursday, Fowler said he sent a letter to the city attorney requesting the footage be preserved and had not heard a response. He said he had not gotten a response from any public officials about the arrests.

“We just want transparency and accountability,” he said. He is asking the city that all body and dashboard camera footage, along with any statements, be preserved and released.

Fowler said is he is making a public demand for the records, and the next step will be litigation.

“At this point in time they’re doing nothing but sitting on their hands,” he said at the press conference Thursday.