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crookedmember wrote:I just heard a rumour that the cops made the guy stand in a puddle before they tasered him. Can anyone confirm?
crookedmember wrote:
They let this dangerous and erratic driver get all the way to East Kelowna before they pulled him over?
50-YEARS-in-Ktown wrote:Sounds like he need it..
Trunk-Monkey wrote:Just wondering what everyones thoughts are about this.
http://www.am1150.ca/News/Local/story.aspx?ID=1839242
Wendy McLeod
12/11/2012
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Kelowna RCMP had to taser a prolific offender after he rammed into a police cruiser and tried to fight members.
The incident happened around 8:45PM Monday night when plainclothes officers observed that man make an apparent drug transaction in the downtown, then try to pick up a sex trade worker.
Officers followed the 39 year old man who began driving erratically, nearly causing multiple collisions after speeding through red lights and blowing stop signs.
Constable Kris Clark says the suspect then led police on a chase.
"At the end of the flight, he ended up getting stuck in an orchard. He rammed one of the unmarked police vehicles and side-swiped another and proceeded to fight with several members."
A total of three unmarked cruisers were damaged. Officers then had to taser the man in order to subdue him.
"He received medical attention for minor injuries received during the arrest. From my understanding the probes that were deployed from the conducted energy weapon didn't even break the skin."
The man will appear in court on Tuesday and faces a long list of charges including possession of a controlled substance and assaulting a peace officer.
grammafreddy wrote:Works for me.
Question ... if someone has a heavy winter coat on, would a taser make any impact if it hit the coat? Does the taser have to make contact with skin to be effective?
And noooooooooo ... I do NOT want a personal demonstration to find out.
Trunk-Monkey wrote:Just wondering what everyones thoughts are about this.
http://www.am1150.ca/News/Local/story.aspx?ID=1839242
Wendy McLeod
12/11/2012
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Kelowna RCMP had to taser a prolific offender after he rammed into a police cruiser and tried to fight members.
The incident happened around 8:45PM Monday night when plainclothes officers observed that man make an apparent drug transaction in the downtown, then try to pick up a sex trade worker.
Officers followed the 39 year old man who began driving erratically, nearly causing multiple collisions after speeding through red lights and blowing stop signs.
Constable Kris Clark says the suspect then led police on a chase.
"At the end of the flight, he ended up getting stuck in an orchard. He rammed one of the unmarked police vehicles and side-swiped another and proceeded to fight with several members."
A total of three unmarked cruisers were damaged. Officers then had to taser the man in order to subdue him.
"He received medical attention for minor injuries received during the arrest. From my understanding the probes that were deployed from the conducted energy weapon didn't even break the skin."
The man will appear in court on Tuesday and faces a long list of charges including possession of a controlled substance and assaulting a peace officer.
cutter7 wrote:Sounds like he was being chased to me,,"Officers followed the 39 year old man who began driving erratically, nearly causing multiple collisions after speeding through red lights and blowing stop signs."
Other than that he's lucky he wasn't shot.
KL3-Something wrote:Nope. That's how that idiot drives all the time, regardless if he's being followed or not....He needs to go to jail and stay there.
KL3-Something wrote:Nope. Contact with skin is not required. The current will go through a certain amount of clothing.
dogspoiler wrote:From the article , it looks like he was treated properly. Now the courts need to treat him properly.
Good job Cops.
KL3-Something wrote:Nope. That's how that idiot drives all the time, regardless if he's being followed or not....He needs to go to jail and stay there.