An Englewood Police Department officer was fired and faces multiple assault charges after he allegedly tased and choked a man without probable cause during a traffic stop last month.

Ryan Vasina, 30, is accused of second- and third-degree assault, as well as first-degree official misconduct, after he allegedly verbally and physically assaulted Carlos Rangel-Rincones, 20, during a traffic stop in October, according to a probable cause affidavit for Vasina’s arrest.

Vasina was fired from the EPD last month as a result of the incident, officials confirmed Tuesday.

Rangel-Rincones is originally from Venezuela and speaks little English, according to the affidavit. Vasina did not use the translation services provided to officers for such circumstances, said Chief David Jackson at a news conference Tuesday morning.

“This was a lack of compliance on the part of the officer,” Jackson said. “I just can’t help but think that if he would have just taken his time, been a little more deliberate, been a little bit more thoughtful, waited for backup, I think the incident could have been handled.”

Before coming to Englewood last November, Vasina was employed by Colorado State Patrol, Jackson said. The chief also noted that Vasina was a probationary officer who had not yet completed his year-long probationary status.

Rangel-Rincones was originally arrested and booked into jail on multiple charges, all of which were dismissed after review by the office. Vasina faces several charges from the incident, including felony second-degree assault for alleged strangulation, misdemeanor third-degree assault and first-degree official misconduct.

Rangel-Rincones can be heard throughout the video asking the officer in Spanish what Vasina wanted him to do.

A few moments later, the footage shows Vasina pulling out a taser and telling the man “I’m going to tase you.” Rangel-Rincones didn’t respond. Vasina waited a moment before firing at the driver.

Vasina then pulled Rangel-Rincones out of the car and put him into a chokehold on the ground, a violation of both the department’s policy and state law, said 18th Judicial District Attorney Amy Padden during the news conference. The felony assault charges carry a possibility of two to eight years in prison, Padden said.

Jackson did not refrain from expressing the disappointment he felt that one of his 80 Englewood officers had committed such an act.

“I felt that some of the language violated our values, I felt that the taser violated our policy and I felt like the neck encirclement violated the law,” Jackson said during the news conference. “I’ve been a police officer for a long time. I certainly know all the criticisms of police, and it was very disappointing.”