No Word of Official Complaint from Tazered Man

Wednesday, August 16, 2006 09:28 AM

Prince George RCMP say they don't yet know if a man who was tazered twice on Friday of last week, has, or will launch a formal complaint.

According to police, the tazering was the result of a case of mistaken identity. A man was walking along highway 16 near the Prince George Correctional Centre last Friday at the time police were searching for two escapees. Three members and the tracking dog were working the area when a man in shorts and a t-shirt walked into the search area. Police say they asked the man to identify himself, he did not, and waved them off. They asked him a second time, but got the same response. The police say the man was launching a verbal barrage of "coarse language" took a stance that would suggest he was preparing for a fight, and challenged the officers to come after him.

Police say the officers knew the escapees had shed their jail clothing, and while they were familiar with the description of one of the suspects, they did not know the second, older escapee, and thought perhaps this could be him. The events were unfolding at the side of the road and some vehicles had slowed. One officer went around the back of the man and tried to subdue him. The civilian proved to be stronger than exected and a second member stepped in and tazered the man. Police say the man was able to shake off that tazering and was tazered once more. The man was then handed off to another officer who took him downtown.

Prince George RCMP Superintendant Dahl Chambers says if a formal complaint has been launched, it could be days or weeks before he is given notification of such a complaint. "It will be registered through several areas before it comes back to me" says Chambers, who says that is how the system ensures complaints are on the record and dealt with.

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Posted by: Don Mackenzie on August 16 2006 12:04 PM

I bet this ass will now give his name when asked by the police. What the hell is wrong with our people? Have we raised a new generation of Martys, SURE IN THE HELL HOPE NOT.

Posted by: Don Mackenzie on August 16 2006 12:09 PM

Should have read Martys and Owls!!!!!!

Posted by: gonefishing on August 16 2006 4:07 PM

I agree with you Don...what's our city coming to. Will this make you a hero or a tough guy?

I think not

Posted by: Gofaster on August 16 2006 4:23 PM

Idiot has no leg to stand on. He would have been warned at least twice before being tazered.
Had he stoppped as asked and talked to the police instead of acting stupid none of this would have been likely to have occured.

Posted by: Chadermando on August 16 2006 7:33 PM

I don't blaim the guy one bit. The cops had no right to tazer him because they could not identify who he was when he committed no crime. The man was out for a walk. He should have that right and the cops should be more professional than that.

Posted by: Palopu on August 16 2006 8:08 PM

Chandermando has it right. If the Police felt they were totally in the right in the actions they took, then why would they take time downtown and let him go.

If he was impeding an officer in his line of duty, or if he assaulted an officer, then he should have been charged, put in jail, and gone to court.

There is more to this story than meets the eye.

Posted by: Chester on August 16 2006 9:57 PM

I would really like to hear some suggestions how all of you critical folks would handle these people if you were in the same situation?

You got lots of criticism to dish our while hiding behind a keyboard.

Things look very different when you are constantly faced with angry, drugged, drunk or otherwise unstable people. Maybe you should spend some time as an auxilary member and see what they have to put up with. Chester

Posted by: Runner46 on August 16 2006 10:40 PM

How would an average person of average intelligence greeted the RCMP in this situation?

That is what the police would expect from someone wandering across a field.

Clearly his actions were not what one would expect anywhere in the City, even Parkwood.

Posted by: thereasonableman on August 16 2006 11:12 PM

Firstly, you have a legal obligation to identify yourself to police when asked, or you are arrestable. Knowing that, and knowing there is no way out of it or around it, wouldn't it just be easier to co-operate ? Secondly, cops say they are looking for suspects of any type, it is to your advantage to convince them it is not you.
This guy went looking to escalate the situation and succeeded. At least the cops used appropriate levels of force instead of shooting the guy.
Sounds like the cops acted appropriately in this one. The guy could have made his day easier.

Posted by: spanky on August 16 2006 11:36 PM

Shoot first and ask questons later.That is what should have happened. he should consider himself lucky that all he got was the tasering that the silly bugger deserved.
Note to dirtbags, YOU MESS AROUND YA LAY AROUND!

the world seems a little safer today.