12 Year Old Girl Tazered

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NORTH AVONDALE - Cincinnati police subdued a 12-year-old girl with a Taser in an elementary school hallway after she refused to go to in-school detention and struggled with officers, officials said Thursday.

Officers were called to Burton Elementary School, 876 Glenwood Ave., about 11:20 a.m. Wednesday after the girl refused to go to her in-school suspension class, a police report said.

"The student became very, very upset to the point that the school staff thought they needed assistance beyond their security to calm the student," Cincinnati Public Schools spokeswoman Janet Walsh said Thursday.

When officers arrived, they talked with the girl - who continued to refuse to stand up from her chair, police said. When an officer placed a hand on her arm she became combative and began to struggle with officers, according to a police report. Officers warned her that if she didn't follow the officers' demands, they would use a Taser on her.

Walsh said she did not think other students saw the confrontation.

The student was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as a precaution. She was later arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and taken to juvenile detention.

Walsh said the girl returned to school Thursday.

Police use of the Taser - a weapon that fires two barbs that deliver a 50,000-volt shock meant to temporarily immobilize a suspect - has come under increased scrutiny nationally because of potential heath hazards.

In Cincinnati, some City Council members wanted to ban officers from using Tasers on children younger than 11. But in January, by a 5-4 vote, council rejected that proposal.

In December, Cincinnati police used a Taser on a 14-year-old boy in East Price Hill who fought with officers.

In Wednesday's incident, Officer Darrell Rhone's use of his Taser was deemed in compliance with Cincinnati police policy, his supervisor wrote in a police report. Cincinnati police are trained to avoid using their Tasers on the very young and the very old.

All Cincinnati police officers are equipped with Tasers, and officials have credited the use of the weapon for a substantial decrease in injuries to suspects and officers.

Walsh said the school district defers to police in such cases:

"We understand that when we ask for police assistance that the police really are in charge and we really don't interfere," Walsh said.

 

[krustykrab1393]

what's a taser?

 

[SBLaura]

It said:
Police use of the Taser - a weapon that fires two barbs that deliver a 50,000-volt shock meant to temporarily immobilize a suspect - has come under increased scrutiny nationally because of potential heath hazards.



Umm... I wouldn't want to be them xD

 

[imkatluver]

I agree with SBL

 

[Bootsrig.Spinge]

Ack...I doesn't even sound like she did much to provoke them...and that taser thing sounds horrible...like a mini electric chair...except it doesn't kill you. XD

I seems to me like police are being too rash these days.

 

[Pearl1393]

That's sad..just because she didn't want to go to dentention doesn't mean they had tocall hte police.

 

[ssj4gogita4]

It said:
Police use of the Taser - a weapon that fires two barbs that deliver a 50,000-volt shock meant to temporarily immobilize a suspect - has come under increased scrutiny nationally because of potential heath hazards.



Umm... I wouldn't want to be them xD

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No one wants to but what he did was uncalled for.

 

[Eva:Gina]

i have amte who has a tazer, so illigal in nz
but its scares the hel outa me, and its only a little one!!!