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Department Wants Officer In Stun Gun Incident Off Force
Board To Decide Officers' Fates
POSTED: 11:36 am EDT June 29, 2010
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. -- Martinsville police officials want one of the officers involved in a controversial incident in which a stun gun was administered on a 10-year-old boy off the job.Mayor Phil Deckard said Tuesday that top brass want Capt. William Jennings, a 36-year veteran of the force, to be dismissed or retire.Officials would like the other officer involved, Darren Johnson, to receive a 30-day unpaid suspension and be placed on probation with the department for a year.Police said Jennings slapped the boy and that Johnson used the stun gun on him after they were called to Tender Teddies Day Care on March 30.Earlier this month, a special prosecutor said charges would not be filed against either officer.Police said the officers slapped and shocked the 94-pound child after he kicked an officer as they tried to restrain him.Jennings left the slapping incident out of his police report.Johnson, who has been with the department for three years, included both the slapping information and the stun gun incident in his report.The Board of Public Works and Public Safety will consider the department's recommendations next month.
Previous Stories:
- June 21, 2010: Officers Not Charged In Stunning Of 10-Year-Old
- April 30, 2010: Residents Protest Slapping, Stunning Of 10-Year-Old Boy
- April 27, 2010: Special Prosecutor Named In Boy Stun Gun Incident
- April 20, 2010: 2 Officers In Stun Gun Incident Back On Job
- April 9, 2010: Officers Remain Without Pay After Boy Hit With Taser
- April 7, 2010: Biological Father Outraged Police Used Taser On Son
- April 5, 2010: 2 Officers Without Pay After Boy Hit With Taser
- April 1, 2010: Chief: Use Of Stun Gun To Subdue 10-Year-Old Unneeded
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