On Jan. 2 veteran police officer Greg Neubert and his partner Mike Tietjen arrested convicted felon George Troy Patterson on suspicion of allegedly selling crack cocaine downtown Seattle.

The arrest was captured on video cameras outside a Walgreens Drug store.

Patterson was charged with a crime and then in early March the charges were suddenly dismissed.

Prosecutors sent out nearly two dozen letters informing defense attorneys that the officers were under investigation.

“It is very unusual for prosecuting agencies, in this case three of them, to proactively notify defense attorneys about an investigation like this,” Deputy Director of the Defenders Association Lisa Daugaard said.

Daugaard told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News she suspects the videotape showed the officers doing something wrong.

“After seeing the video it’s absolutely appalling to me that so much is being made of this, “ Rich O’Neill head of the Police Guild said.

Guild said the officer’s work was exemplary.

“There’s absolutely nothing on the videotape that calls into question the officers’ honesty or integrity,” O’Neill said.

In 2001 Officer Neubert was involved in a shooting involving an officer.

On May 31, 2001 Neubert stopped Aaron Roberts for erratic driving in Seattle’s Central District, when Roberts grabbed his wrist and began driving away dragging Neubert with his car.

Neuberts partner shot and killed Roberts.