Police Officer Uses Taser On 10-Year-Old Girl

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

OZARK, Ark.

just sayin'

A cop with a taser killed a man in Vancouver. This has nothing to do with it being in Arkansas

Pfft. Vancouver is the Ozark of Canada.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I insist we need more information. What emotional problems? Is the girl - for instance- paranoid schizophrenic? If so, ####### was the mom thinking calling the police instead of giving her meds? Is she just a stupid brat? If so....

and, I admit am no fan of just granting respect and/or infallible logic to police officers.

info, info, info...

[Jenn! 918]

Since when can you call the police to come arrest your child when they act up? Our tax dollars at work.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Since when can you call the police to come arrest your child when they act up? Our tax dollars at work.

It's Arkansas, the police lives for this #######

Kidding. I agree with you.

ohai this is Mommy. My baby won't eat, send the SWAT team ktxhbai

[Niels Bohr 72]

If the police department was idling at this time. Isn't it more efficient of our tax dollar use to send them? I wonder.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

An adult with police training is seriously suggesting that the only way he could get a child under control was to use a weapon?

What an asswipe.

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

I dont think it was about getting her undercontrol as it was, restraining her could have resulted in a joint coming out of place. Just like you dont swing toddlers in the air by only holding their hands, their shoulders may pop out of joint.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Personally, I think that's BS.

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

OZARK, Ark. -- Ozark police said they were called to a home where a mother asked for help with her unruly child, but the 10-year-old's father said he's outraged at the force police used against his daughter.

"I would like to say Ozark police Tased this little girl right here. Ten years old and [they] shot electricity through her body, and I want to know how the heck in God's green earth can they get away with this," said the girl's father, Anthony Medlock.

Medlock said his daughter was at her mother's house when Ozark police Officer Dustin Bradshaw shocked her in the back with a Taser and arrested her.

"If you can't pick the kid up and take her to your car, handcuff her, then I don't think you need to be an officer," Medlock said.

Medlock said his daughter does show signs of having emotional issues, but she "doesn't deserve to be treated like a dog. She's not a tiger."

According to a police report, the officer was called to the home by the mother and witnessed the child kicking and screaming.

The officer's statement said the girl's mother, Kelly Hamlert, told him to use a Taser on her if he needed to.

The officer did shock the girl after he said she kicked him in the groin.

"He had no other choice. He had to get the child under control," said Ozark police Chief Jim Noggle.

Noggle said the officer shocked the girl for about a second.

Ozark police said it is their policy to use a Taser on someone who is a threat to others, no matter their age.

Noggle said simply restraining the child could be harmful.

"Well, if he tried to restrain her, he might hurt her by restraining her. If you grab somebody, you can slip an arm out of joint. They can slip from you and fall on the ground," Noggle said.

"I don't know what kind of policy it is. I don't think it's right," Medlock said.

http://www.4029tv.com/news/21638427/detail.html

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yes, that's what he said. I think its BS.

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

ok, well now Im curious... If each of us were in that cops place what would you have down to get the unruly child to listen to her mother or stop kicking or whatever the child decides to do???

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Oh naturally, I'd have used my baton to beat her about the head. Then when she's on the ground, I'd have shot her with my gun a couple of times. Just to make sure.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

I can't help but wonder what Gene Hunt would do (if he were real).

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I can't help but wonder what Gene Hunt would do (if he were real).

Gene Hunt carries brass knuckles in his coat for exactly this eventuality.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Since when can you call the police to come arrest your child when they act up? Our tax dollars at work.

Exactly. The cops should have declined to take any action but offered a referral to the mother for a child counselor who would have been better equipt to deal with the situation.