Juvenile Justice
Officer Who Tasered Girl, 10, with Mom’s OK Is Suspended for Not Taping Incident
Posted Nov 19, 2009, 03:55 pm CST
By Martha Neil
Called to an Arkansas home after the mother of a 10-year-old girl couldn't get her to take a shower, an Ozark police officer wound up shocking her briefly with a electronic stun gun last week as she was "violently kicking and verbally combative."
Then Dustin Bradshaw handcuffed the now-unresisting child and put her into a patrol car, reports the Associated Press. The unidentified girl wasn't injured, and her mother gave advance permission for the officer to use the Taser on her, according to the officer.
Yesterday, however, Bradshaw was suspended for a week, with pay—because he had violated police department protocol by not using a video camera on the Taser to record the incident, states the article.… Continue reading...
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