Taser Used on 10-Year-Old

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Taser Used on 10-Year-Old; Policemen Suspended

 

 

(April 1) -- Two police officers have been suspended for reportedly using a stun

gun on a 10-year-old boy who had gotten out of control at a day care facility.

The incident occurred Tuesday, when a worker at Tender Teddies Day Care in

sville, Ind., called police to report that one of the children there was

acting up and posed a potential threat to the kids, local news affiliate WRTV

reported.

A spokesperson for the sville Police Department told AOL News that Capt.

Jennings and Officer Darren arrived at the scene and found the

boy to be " combative. " Jennings then slapped the boy, and used his Taser

to further subdue him, police said.

The boy, who weighs 94 pounds, received two marks on his arm where Jennings used

the gun, WTHR news reported, but is believed to have suffered no lasting

injuries.

While the day care center's owner, Heath Lancaster, did not comment on the case,

police released a statement announcing that the officers had been placed on paid

administrative leave pending further investigation.

" While the department will not condone the unnecessary treatment of any subject,

regardless of age, in any apprehension situation, additional comments will not

be made pending results of the final investigation, " the statement read.

Separate investigations have now been launched by the County Sheriff's

Department, the sville Police Department and the sville Department

of Child Services.

" We need to look at it a lot closer because [the Taser gun is] not really made

for 10-year-olds, " sville Police Chief Jon said at a news

conference.

While the police had been called to Tender Teddies Day Care on another occasion

about the behavior of the same child, local resident Frazier told WRTV

that he thinks police went too far.

" I don't think that should have happened. I'm sure they could have detained him

some other way, " Frazier said. " They take big grown-ups down without tasing them

.... why a 10-year-old? "

 

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.

Ben lin