Officers Employ TASER Device on Struggling Man

An Elk Grove officer had to employ a TASER device on a 57-year-old man after it was alleged that he pushed an officer during a struggle at a police traffic stop at the end of last month.

The incident, which took place in the late afternoon, saw a confrontation break out after an officer saw the 57-year-old’s 20-year-old son drive by. The officer explained about the knowledge of a felony arrest for the 20-year-old. Not only that, but the son also had a suspended driver’s license.

The young man pulled over for officers near his father’s home. It is reported that the 57-year-old man then left his house to interfere with the police investigation. Authorities reported that the father stood between his son and the officer and refused to obey police orders when he was asked to back away. The report went on to say that the 57-year-old then pushed the officer which caused him to lose his balance.

The report went on to explain that an officer employed a TASER device in order to control the 57-year-old after he resisted officers when they attempted to handcuff him. He was then taken into police custody.

Of course, while it is natural for parents to want to protect their children from the outside world, in most cases they can’t. Why the suspect in this case thought he could in some way protect his son from a police arrest is not known.

However, he didn’t make things any better by then pushing the officer, which then resulted in him getting a stun from the self defense device that many officers carry on them as part of their protective equipment.

These devices are not new tools, so it can be assumed that the 57-year-old knew that the officers would be carrying them and would also employ a TASER device on him if he became combative towards them.

But then it’s much better that he was in fact apprehended by a non-lethal stunning device compared to the brute force that could have been applied which could have produced serious injuries on him. A TASER device doesn’t not produce injuries to those it is targeted on, making it the ideal self defense tool to own.