{"id":520772,"date":"2026-03-07T16:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/520772\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:47:11","slug":"canadian-nba-player-dillon-brooks-arrest-video-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/520772\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian NBA player Dillon Brooks\u2019 arrest video in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police body cam footage shows Canadian NBA player Dillon Brooks undergoing sobriety tests before being arrested. <\/p>\n

Newly released police video shows the moment an Arizona officer told Mississauga-born NBA player Dillon Brooks that his luxury vehicle \u201csmells like a dispensary,\u201d before arresting him on suspicion of driving under the influence.<\/p>\n

The nearly hour-long body camera video provided to CTV News Toronto by the Scottsdale Police Department captures Brooks being pulled over early Friday morning, questioned about marijuana use, put through field sobriety tests and ultimately taken into custody. <\/p>\n

Police say the Phoenix Suns forward had failed to maintain his lane multiple times before the stop.<\/p>\n

\u2018It smells quite heavily\u2019<\/p>\n

The encounter begins with an officer stopping Brooks on Scottsdale Road after observing what he described as repeated lane violations.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou failed to maintain your lane six different times\u2026 and then, to be honest with you, it smells like a dispensary in your car,\u201d the officer tells Brooks in the video. \u201cSo, when was the last time you smoked marijuana? \u2026 Do you have marijuana in the car? Is that why it smells that way?\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooks denies that he consumed any cannabis, and adds that the last time he consumed anything of that nature was six months ago. <\/p>\n

\"\"Dillon Brooks NBA star Dillon Brooks is seen performing a sobriety test on March 6, 2026 (SDPD Photo). <\/p>\n

Still, the officer doubles down, uttering: \u201cIt smells quite heavily of the presence of marijuana. That\u2019s why I\u2019m asking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police previously said officers stopped Brooks shortly after 1 a.m. near Scottsdale Road, south of Thunderbird Road, after observing traffic violations.<\/p>\n

At one point during the stop, Brooks asks the officer whether there is video evidence of the alleged driving behaviour.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs there going to be footage of me, like, moving in and out of the lane six times?\u201d he asks.<\/p>\n

Field sobriety tests<\/p>\n

Later on, the video shows the officer conducting several standardized field sobriety tests.<\/p>\n

At one stage, the officer instructs Brooks on a walk-and-turn test.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dillon Brooks NBA star Dillon Brooks is seen performing a sobriety test on March 6, 2026 (SDPD Photo). <\/p>\n

Brooks is also asked to perform other assessments, including an eye-tracking test, a timed counting test with his eyes closed and a one-leg stand.<\/p>\n

During the interaction, Brooks mentions he recently had surgery on his hand. When he is eventually handcuffed, officers place the cuffs in front of his body to accommodate a hand injury.<\/p>\n

Brooks is in his 9th NBA season. He has recently been out of the lineup after undergoing surgery on a broken hand last week.<\/p>\n

Arrest and accusations<\/p>\n

Later in the stop, the officer accuses Brooks of being dishonest about marijuana use.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll right, so why are you lying about how much marijuana you\u2019ve consumed in the last six months?\u201d the officer asks. \u201cYou definitely consumed marijuana tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooks responds at one point: \u201cYou\u2019re telling me I did, I told you I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Dillon Brooks NBA Star Dillon Brooks arrested on March 6, 2026 (SDPD photo). <\/p>\n

He is then told he is being taken into custody.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay. Put your hands behind your back. You\u2019re going to be placed under arrest tonight for the suspicion of driving under the influence,\u201d the officer says.<\/p>\n

The officer later explains that Brooks will be taken to jail and that blood samples will be requested as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to be with me for about an hour and a half to two hours, okay. There\u2019s no cost to get out of jail. I will be asking for two samples of blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Processing at jail<\/p>\n

During the drive and booking process, Brooks questions the arrest and asks whether it will count as a DUI.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dillon Brooks NBA Star Dillon Brooks arrested on March 6, 2026 (SDPD photo) <\/p>\n

Officers explain that Arizona DUI investigations can involve drugs as well as alcohol and say the decision is based on what they describe as the \u201ctotality of the circumstances,\u201d including the lane violations, the smell of marijuana and Brooks\u2019 performance during the tests.<\/p>\n

Police have said Brooks was transported to Scottsdale City Jail and released after the booking process was completed.<\/p>\n

CP24 has reached out for comment from the agency representing Brooks but has not heard back at this time.<\/p>\n

In addition, no charges have been officially determined by the city prosecutor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police body cam footage shows Canadian NBA player Dillon Brooks undergoing sobriety tests before being arrested. Newly released…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[712,49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-520772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}