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MARTINSVILLE, Ind. — A police officer called to a home day-care to help control an unruly 10-year-old used a stun gun on the boy and another slapped him in the face when he wouldn't listen to them, Police Chief Jon Davis said Thursday.
The child suffered no significant injuries. Both officers have been placed on administrative duty while the Tuesday confrontation is being investigated.
Davis said he believed the two officers could have restrained the 94-pound boy without using force. He said the Morgan County Sheriff's Department was investigating and an internal review was planned on the officer's use of the stun gun.
“We need to look at it a lot closer because it's not really made for 10-year-olds,” he said at a news conference.
Assistant Police Chief Dan Riffel said he spoke with the boy and his mother Wednesday and that the boy's only injuries were marks on his upper arm where he was shocked by the stun gun. Officials declined to identify the child.
The officers arrived at the house to find the boy out of control, hitting and kicking his caretakers, according to police. He also wouldn't obey the officers before they used force, they said.
Davis said the confrontation occurred on the porch of the house while other children were inside. Police had been called to the day care once before in recent months about the same child, he said.
Big brave cops eh
The child suffered no significant injuries. Both officers have been placed on administrative duty while the Tuesday confrontation is being investigated.
Davis said he believed the two officers could have restrained the 94-pound boy without using force. He said the Morgan County Sheriff's Department was investigating and an internal review was planned on the officer's use of the stun gun.
“We need to look at it a lot closer because it's not really made for 10-year-olds,” he said at a news conference.
Assistant Police Chief Dan Riffel said he spoke with the boy and his mother Wednesday and that the boy's only injuries were marks on his upper arm where he was shocked by the stun gun. Officials declined to identify the child.
The officers arrived at the house to find the boy out of control, hitting and kicking his caretakers, according to police. He also wouldn't obey the officers before they used force, they said.
Davis said the confrontation occurred on the porch of the house while other children were inside. Police had been called to the day care once before in recent months about the same child, he said.
Big brave cops eh
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