Reply With QuoteWhat a stupid way to destroy 3 careers.
-- Bluelight
3 Gwinnett cops resign after taser incident at waffle house
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/19795724/detail.html3 Gwinnett Officers Resign After Taser Incident At Waffle House
Posted: 9:36 pm EDT June 18, 2009Updated: 5:39 pm EDT June 19, 2009
LOGANVILLE, Ga. -- Channel 2 Action News reporter Pam Martin has obtained surveillance video of a stun gun incident involving a Gwinnett County police officer at a Loganville Waffle House.
Danny Wilson, a Waffle House employee, alleges that Officer Gary Miles Jr. came into the restaurant while on duty and stunned him with a Taser without provocation. Wilson said Miles was a regular at the restaurant and had taunted and intimidated him in the past.
SLIDESHOW: 3 Gwinnett Officers Resign After Waffle House Tasing Incident
SLIDESHOW: Waffle House Surveillance Pics
Miles, who resigned from the Police Department this week after six years on the force, later surrendered to investigators. Gwinnett police said an internal investigation revealed Miles used a Taser on Wilson without provocation.
Two additional officers were identified as being present during the Taser incident. Sergeants Joey T. Parkerson, 39, and 41-year-old Christopher T. Parry both resigned following an administrative investigation. Parkerson was a 13-year veteran of the force and Parry was a 14-year veteran.
Parkerson can be seen in the surveillance video, although he did not shoot Wilson with the Taser.
The incident happened Feb. 16 at the Waffle House in the 2700 block of Loganville Highway, police said. The department launched an investigation after its internal affairs unit received information about possible criminal conduct.
PAM MARTIN: 3 Gwinnett Officers Resign After Waffle House Tasing Incident
Mike Puglise, an attorney representing Wilson, said it took him until the end of May to get surveillance video from the Waffle House and later filed a notice of intent to sue.
Authorities said the investigation revealed enough probable cause to arrest Miles.
"We are disappointed by the incident and this is not a reflection of our training," said a representative for the Gwinnett Police Department.
Miles has been charged with one count of battery and one count of violation of oath of office. He was booked at the Gwinnett County Detention Center and later released on $8,100 bond.
Martin visited Miles’ home for a comment, but could not reach him.
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What a stupid way to destroy 3 careers.
-- Bluelight
Tasers are a lazy cops best friend. Dont have to use their brain to out think the suspect or have to wrestle them.Just pop the suspect with a taser and cuff em and stuff em.
I'm sure this comment is backed up by years of actual law enforcement experience.Originally Posted by BlackJack22
Backed up by being a son of a n.c. state trooper. My dad thinks they are being over used. Theres situations where law enforcement can deflate the situation by other means. Now these days when somthing dont go their way, the first thing they grab is their taser.Use your brain.I'm sure this comment is backed up by years of actual law enforcement experience.
If the Taser is an approved part of a use of force continuum, and all levels of force leading up to the Taser have been attempted and failed, then the use of a Taser is completely reasonable. Many officers can thank the Taser for keeping them from having to use lethal force....as can the criminals they didn't have to shoot.
Furthermore, the same controversy existing around Taser's is similar to that around pepper spray...which after a decade went away and pepper spray became a publicly accepted tool.
Im not defending the actions of these officers, no reasonable person would, however their actions are only one example of an improper deployment of a Taser when there are 99.999999999999% more situations where the Taser was deployed correctly to effect and arrest, and served to diffuse a situation that may have lead to lethal force and/or and officer injury had the officer not been carrying a Taser.
Some officers may misuse their Taser, unfortunate and unacceptable, but these occurrences do not warrant the removal of a life saving tool wholesale.
Finally, your father was the officer, not you, so your expertise via his experiences is somewhat moot.
And the same goes for all of the "military experts" who's father, uncle, brother, etc. is in the military, and not them.
The **** that goes down at Waffle House...
Only in Georgia though....first Kid Rock, now this.....oh, and the waffle house guy that got the homeless guy to drink drain cleaner....
LOL , I was getting ready to ask him what department he works for.
Good times aint it?
5 years back, my scout troop and I were at a Waffle House around 3 AM (we were on a way back home from a midnight ski trip).
During that time, there was a middle-aged woman, who was obviously hammered, hitting on one of the guys. When it came time for her to leave, she flashed all of us.
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Things that can't be unseen.
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Im not defending the actions of these officers, no reasonable person would, however their actions are only one example of an improper deployment of a Taser when there are 99.999999999999% more situations where the Taser was deployed correctly to effect and arrest, and served to diffuse a situation that may have lead to lethal force and/or and officer injury had the officer not been carrying a Taser.
Some officers may misuse their Taser, unfortunate and unacceptable, but these occurrences do not warrant the removal of a life saving tool wholesale.]
Methinks that your statistical analysis could be significantly off. I would like to see your source for the above numbers.
It is bad enough to have Nobama as your elected leader, in time we will see Law enforcement with near unlimited enforcement power
[QUOTE=okiebugg;4247213]And how do you figure that? LE tends to have far more restrictions on their actions that the average citizen.in time we will see Law enforcement with near unlimited enforcement power
I remember about 8 yrs ago my x wife and were leaving a Dennys and seen a girl giving oral *** on a guy between two cars. She was hot too. I stood watching for a few seconds and my wife pulled me away, LOL.
those rotten apples give cops a bad name
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