Officers responded to a medical emergency aboard an American Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles at Miami International Airport at about 9:30 a.m. after the crew became concerned about Beckham.
"As they tried to wake him to fasten his seat belt, he appeared to be coming in and out of consciousness, prior to their departure," read a police statement. "Fearing that Mr. Beckham was seriously ill, and that his condition would worsen through the expected 5-hour flight, the attendants called for police and fire rescue."
According to police, the flight crew asked Beckham several times to exit the aircraft but he refused.