BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. -- The Berrien County Police Service Council has released a statement regarding the death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of five Memphis police officers.

In the statement, officials say, "As your law enforcement leaders serving Berrien County, we are horrified by the vicious attack on Tyre Nichols by the former members of the Memphis Police Department. What they have done, and what we have witnessed in the graphic videos, leave each of us disgusted at the actions of those former police officers."

The council would go on to emphasize that that the situation was in complete opposition to what the agency stood for in terms of law enforcement.

The full statement, signed by two dozen Berrien county officials, is available for viewing below.