Police Officer tasers Security Guard trying to stop Shoplifter (who gets away)

**TheOldRhino** · 12-23-06, 09:18 PM

It wouldn't be as bad if he wasn't WEARING AN EFFING UNIFORM!!

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**General Patten** · 12-24-06, 12:23 AM

wow...

**BEK** · 12-24-06, 12:23 AM

I had headaches for the rest of the day after getting tased. He shoulda had a jacket and the officer shoulda stopped the driver of that car.

**TXCOP** · 12-24-06, 08:09 AM

They made a very good point in saying that they had no information about a security guard being involved. On the other hand my dispatcher would have left that part.

I hate my dispatcher.

**Star Man** · 12-24-06, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by Rhino

It wouldn't be as bad if he wasn't WEARING AN EFFING UNIFORM!!

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If he's wrestling around in the car who's to say it could be seen, and if he didn't identify himself or confirm his intentions then the officer would not know. S/G's get arrested sometimes. They are not the same ethics of LEO and sometimes commit crimes.

**TheOldRhino** · 12-24-06, 12:14 PM

Yeah but come on. You get a call of a theft, and you see two people wrestling around when you get there- one of whom is wearing a security uniform- you don't need a week in detective school to figure out what's going on.

**Norm357** · 12-24-06, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by Star Man

If he's wrestling around in the car who's to say it could be seen, and if he didn't identify himself or confirm his intentions then the officer would not know. S/G's get arrested sometimes. They are not the same ethics of LEO and sometimes commit crimes.

Im not sure how I feel about this statement. Sure S/Gs get arrested. So do Cops. Im confused about your ethics statement.

**Star Man** · 12-24-06, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by Norm357

Im not sure how I feel about this statement. Sure S/Gs get arrested. So do Cops. Im confused about your ethics statement.

It was not a slam on security guards. It was based on my experience here where almost anyone can be one. There was a big problem with a certian company acting like SWAT in a housing project, kicking in doors without warrants and violating peoples rights. The guards ended up getting arrested for multiple counts of home invasion etc. They seem to get a poor pool of applicants here and the quality in my experience was that their motives can be suspect. I would not immediately give the guard the 100 % all clear just because he was a guard.

I would definetly look at the whole situation if I were there, but in the dark a black guard uniform could be missed if its just a patch on the shoulder. The officer may have had an "oh shit" moment when they realized it was not the BG, and then tunnel vision allowed the real BG to get away. Some officers do not handle stress as well as others. I'm an FTO and have had to recommend a recruit out of the program b/c they froze up at the wrong times.......

**BEB** · 12-24-06, 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by bull3032

"I still have headaches and my arm hurts from getting tased."
What a load of shit...they only after-effect of getting tased is remembering how bad it sucked and understanding that you'd better comply when you hear "Get down...taser, taser taser!"

Originally Posted by BEK320

I had headaches for the rest of the day after getting tased. He shoulda had a jacket and the officer shoulda stopped the driver of that car.

That snip was cut out of the middle of a sentence. Could be from the tasing itself. Could well be he hit his head on the doorframe and fell on his arm after getting tased in the car. Latter seems likely actually in addition to any direct effects of the taser.

Cheech · 12-24-06, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by TXCOP

I hate my dispatcher.

Yea I feel the same

On second thought it is just a unfortunate incident. It looked like a car jacking to me. Im sure he was hyped and focusing on not getting killed and didnt notice the cops. Just a mix up