Konawa’s city manager says he is ashamed of his conduct that was captured on camera during a traffic stop last month.

On July 14, City Manager Daniel Bruton was stopped by Officer Johnathan Delfrate of the Konawa Police Department for speeding. In a bodycam video, which was subsequently broadcast on social media and picked up by Oklahoma City television news outlets, Bruton is heard berating the officer and threatening him with his job for pulling him over.

“I’ve got a water emergency, dude. There’s no water in town,” Bruton said in the video.

“But let’s slow down. Let’s do it safely,” Delfrate told Bruton. “This is my job. This is what I was hired to do.”

“Well, this is my job, and I’m your boss,” Bruton responded. “I’m in a hurry.”

“It doesn’t matter. You have to obey the law like everybody else,” Delfrate said.

“You’re about to not have a job,” Bruton fired back at Delfrate. “You understand that?”

In a Monday phone call with the Producer, Bruton apologized for his actions, which he says were brought on by frustration over local water system issues.

“I have made an apology to the officer. He’s a good cop and a good kid. I’m ashamed that I pushed it with him, but there was a lot of frustration leading up to that incident,” Bruton said.

According to Bruton, the “water emergency” he was responding to involved a water pump that was in danger of burning out.

“I was on my way to shut down a pump that had been running for about five hours. If that pump had burnt out, it would have cost us about $24,000. We’ve had water issues down here for a long time, and they just really get to me,” Bruton said.

Konawa Mayor Dave Herriman said he could not comment on the matter as it under investigation, but said it would be taken up at the next city council meeting, which is slated for Thursday, Aug. 14.