A South Bend Police officer accused of using excessive force accepts his punishment by the Chief of Police.

Twenty-nine-year-old Corporal Jason King will be suspended without pay for 30 days and demoted to patrolman for a year.

King was planning to fight the recommendation and continue with a hearing before the Board of Public Safety. He says he decided not continue with the hearing for fear of putting his disability pension on the line.

“I think the reasons that we accepted the recommendation and are ready to move forward have nothing to do with the facts of the case but are purely personal reasons,” says King’s attorney, Thomas Dixon.

King is accused of using unnecessary force while making an arrest after a high speed chase in February. A supervisor from the South Bend Police Department was checking the dash cam video during a routine sweep and noticed King allegedly hitting the suspect.

“I thought it was something that shouldn't have been done and as a Chief it was my obligation to the people to do everything proper that we can. Good officers make mistakes but I had a job I also have to do too,” explains South Bend Police Chief Darryl Boykins.

King planned to bring two experts in the field of appropriate use of force to the hearing to testify on his behalf. King decided against pursuing the hearing though.

“I think Jason was really bothered by the fact that the highest level trainer in the State of Indiana looked as this as well as another expert who do a lot of training in Indiana, at the use of force and they both felt the same thing, that the rules and regulations were followed by standard procedure,” says Dixon.

King's disability pension hearing is Friday.

He suffers from a broken neck and doctors say he is unfit for active duty.

The city says the dash cam video will be released once the man King was chasing is sentenced.