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Ozark officer off for 7 days for jolting girl

Suspension with pay while city begs for investigation

By Dave Hughes

Posted: November 19, 2009 at 5:37 a.m.

The Ozark police officer who stunned a 10-year-old girl with a Taser last week was suspended Wednesday for seven days while city officials continued to urge Arkansas State Police to investigate.

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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 11/19/2009

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Nothing seems to be wrong with tasing a ten year old girl. Mother gave permission. No camera is reason for paid suspension? There is something really sick when a grown man has to use an instrument of pain to control a ten year old girl. Very interesting indeed. Most parents that would do something like that could face felony or some type of criminal action. Grown man could not hold a little ten year old girl? I know a lot of kids get out of control and it’s real hard on parents. Ah, go buy an electric shocker and use them on your kid’s. There nothing more than a cattle prod, which are used on cows, so why not children. Wait, there are laws against child abuse? Wait, maybe not for those in charge of upholding the laws? Why wasn’t your helmet camera running. Taser won’t leave marks as a good hand whipping I suppose? Nope, I wasn’t there and only read what is printed in the paper. Still see it as child abuse, no matter what. What a sick world were living in! Real sick!

Posted by: lewis1946

November 19, 2009 at 8:26 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

There is a lot of information we don't know; size of the child, size of the officer, previously incidents with the child, child's mental/physical health. Just because a kid is 10 doesn't mean they can't do serious damage to an individual. If the kid had a gun we wouldn't be having this conversation. Probably more people are killed with physical violence than with a gun. Unfortunately the officer was in a no-win situation here. We either leave the parent to deal with the out-of-control child, marks are left and the parent gets arrested for child abuse trying to control the child or the officer uses physical restraint on the child and he is also arrested/fired for leaving marks on the kid.

Posted by: AutopilotAR

November 19, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Two things. One, what kind of parent calls the police because her 10 year old child won't take a shower? Two, what kind of police state are we living in when an officer will go to a home and attempt to put a 10 year old girl in a shower and then 'give her a jolt' when she kicks a stranger who is touching her?

Posted by: suek

November 19, 2009 at 9:51 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

"police tase kids", place that in a google search and see as young as six years old being tased by the Protect and Serve. It's happening way to often not just here in Arkansas, but across the states. Any adult, that has to use something like a cattle prod on a little child has no business being any type of police officer. Seek out another job, that doesn't deal with little kids!

Posted by: lewis1946

November 20, 2009 at 5:28 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

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