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As officials in Milwaukee released a video showing officers using a stun gun on an N.B.A. player over a parking violation, the chief of the Milwaukee police on Wednesday declared his officers’ handling of the matter inappropriate and said that they had been disciplined for their conduct.

In the 30-minute police body camera video, which the authorities had declined to release to the public since the arrest in January, a police officer can be seen confronting the player, Sterling Brown, as he emerges from a store. Mr. Brown’s car is parked in a handicapped zone, and the situation swiftly escalates into a confrontation with multiple officers and squad cars.

At one point, the officers push Mr. Brown to the ground and one officer calls out “Taser, Taser, Taser,” after which a stun gun is used on Mr. Brown.

During the video, Mr. Brown does not appear to raise his voice or physically resist officers.

“I own this right here,” an officer says at one point. “You don’t own me,” Mr. Brown responds.

In a news conference late Wednesday, the chief, Alfonso Morales, said he was “sorry this incident escalated to this level.” He said that an investigation of the events by the department revealed that “members acted inappropriately and those members were recently disciplined.” He offered no details, however, and did not provide names of the officers involved.

At City Hall, Milwaukee’s mayor, Tom Barrett, said that “as a human being, I am offended by what I saw.” He said: “Mr. Brown deserves an apology, and I am very sorry the Milwaukee police treated him in the fashion he was treated.”

Mr. Barrett declined to say how many officers were disciplined or describe the extent of that discipline. He said he expected that information to be released eventually, but that department procedure prevented that from being divulged immediately.

In a statement, Mr. Brown said Wednesday that his treatment by the police was wrong and “has forced me to stand up and tell my story so that I can help prevent these injustices from happening in the future.”

“Situations like mine and worse happen every day in the black community,” Mr. Brown said.

In a separate statement, the Bucks organization, for whom Mr. Brown plays, said it supported him.

“The abuse and intimidation that Sterling experienced at the hands of Milwaukee police was shameful and inexcusable,” the team’s statement said.

Fred Royal, the president of the Milwaukee branch of the N.A.A.C.P., called for changes to the Police Department’s policies. “For a person to go and have to be physically accosted at the hands of police for a parking citation speaks volumes,” he said.

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– The New York Times, “Sterling Brown Arrest Video Shows Milwaukee Police Use Stun Gun on NBA Player”