GREELEY, Colo. -- A Weld County judge has issued a temporary restraining order against Greeley Mayor Ed Clark after he was accused of throwing a 15-year-old boy to the ground when the boy refused to stop riding a motorbike.

The order requires Clark to stay at least 100 yards away from the boy. The boy's father, Tim Stitt, said his son was riding in the Eagle Ridge subdivision park when Clark forced the boy to the ground on Monday and then held him there until police arrived.

Police ticketed the boy for driving without a license.

Clark said he stopped the boy for his own safety and did not hurt him. He says he will fight the restraining order during a July 7 hearing.

Stitt said Clark should be charged with assault. He says he'll ask a judge to make the 15-day restraining order permanent.

The Greeley Tribune reported that Clark has been questioned about his use of force before. Last September, he was accused of pulling a gun on an 18-year-old man trying to drive away from a fight at a school where Clark is the security director.