Stun Gun Used To Subdue High School Student
Associated Press - Fri 07:42 AM 10/05/2012
A school resource officer reported the 14-year-old boy entered the principal's office around lunchtime and pulled out a pocket knife. Police say the boy didn't threaten the principal but refused to drop the knife.
Police in a Kansas City suburb say officers had to use a stun gun to get a high school student to drop a knife. The incident occurred Thursday at Shawnee Mission West High School in Overland Park.
According to police, a school resource officer reported the 14-year-old boy entered the principal's office around lunchtime and pulled out a pocket knife. Police say the boy didn't threaten the principal but refused to drop the knife.
The resource officer called Overland Park police, who say one of their officers deployed a stun gun on the boy to keep him from hurting himself or anyone else. The boy was taken to a hospital to be checked.
Shawnee Mission district officials said the school staff had followed emergency plans throughout the incident.
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whosyourdaddy
Friday 5 October 2012 09:23 Report this comment
He was a 14 year old kid, holding a knife. Although he did not threaten anyone with it, you taser him??? You guys are dumbasses... I am sure with a little more calm, and collective talking, you could have gotten this kid to put it down. I hope the parents sue the hell out of you. If it was my kid you tasered, all hell would break loose....
ShadowCipher
Friday 5 October 2012 12:27 Report this comment
Somebody with a brandished knife refusing to put the knife away is a threat; add to the fact, school policy's are zero tolerance about that sort of stuff, it doesn't surprise me the kid got dropped. Puff your chest all you want, but the fact is a person with a knife would not drop it when a police officer came in. It's a tense situation, and the officer chose a route that was the safest option. Unfortunate, yes, but the only one in the wrong in this situation was the 14 year old.
CORRECTION
Friday 5 October 2012 12:50 Report this comment
The boy was holding a weapon in a school. If anyone is a dumbass in this story it's the kid. Stun him first and ask questions later I say. People like "whosyourdaddy" are why some kids think they can get away with anything. Actions have consequences, deal with it.
GetAGrip
Friday 5 October 2012 16:27 Report this comment
The article does not mention a taser being used. It was a stun gun. If the article is correct then there is a difference. If I as a law enforcement officer was confronted with someone who would not drop the weapon he was holding, I would not hesitate to use what force necessary, teenager or not. No reason for an officer to get injured because of a punk high school student.
ksfarmdude
Friday 5 October 2012 20:15 Report this comment
I commend the police for playing hardball with this kid apparently he never had any upbringing on telling the difference between right or wrong guess he found out the hard way hope he's learned something from it
commensentz
Friday 5 October 2012 21:12
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RitchieStans
Saturday 6 October 2012 10:51 Report this comment
It was a taser, walk it off. They didnt shoot him they shocked him. I guarantee he was fine 15 minutes later.
spanishlynx
Saturday 6 October 2012 11:56 Report this comment
The difference between stun guns and tasers is that stun gun effects are based on pain compliance while taser overrides the object's nervous system and causes physical incapacitation. http://www.ask.com/answers/49381321/what-s-the-difference-between-stun-guns-and-tasers
gaspasser1959
Saturday 6 October 2012 20:21 Report this comment
I agree with GetaGrip and Farmdude. People should respect the authority of law enforcement. Thes guys and ladies put their life on the line daily. They all have families and deserve to be there for them. Society is not what is use to be and it boils down to upbringing. 20 years ago you would never hear someone trash law enforcement and the chief (you know who you are!!) Should kept you locked up!!
whosyourdaddy
Sunday 7 October 2012 23:07
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