Cop Accidentally Tasers Fellow Cop (In The Mouth) During Roll Call

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EAST WINDSOR, Conn. --A police officer was arrested Wednesday on allegations he accidentally fired his Taser gun and injured another officer at the police department this week.

Officer John Scavotto was charged with reckless endangerment and third-degree assault. He was released on $2,500 bond and is to be arraigned Thursday at Enfield Superior Court.

The injured officer, who was not named, was struck in the mouth and neck area by the Taser's two darts, which deliver electricial charges. He was treated and released from Hartford Hospital and is expected to return to work Monday, police said.

Chief Edward J. DeMarco Jr. said the accident happened during a roll call Monday afternoon. Police said Scavotto pointed the Taser at the other officer and it accidentally discharged.

Scavotto, an 18-year veteran of the force, has been placed on paid leave pending the criminal investigation and an internal affairs review, police said. The injured officer has been with the department for four years.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/05/11/cop_accused_of_taser_mishap_at_roll_call?mode=PF

:rofl:

i've seen videos where cops purposely let themselves be tasered -- funny stuff.

any way -- darwin award.

When cops are trained on these "less than lethal" weapons, one of the things they do is shoot the trainees with the weapon so they can see what it's like to get hit with it. I've seen the same videos for pepper spray.

I'd hate to think of what the cop who got tasered is going to do to the cop who shot him. Those people have guns.

point a gun at anything unless you meant to shoot it... even if it was unloaded -- because plenty of people had been killed with "unloaded" guns. My Dad didn't even let us have toy guns because of this reason -- he believed guns are weapons, not to toys.

So, this idiot has of course had big time firearms training... a TASER is a weapon... so, he doesn't even respect a lesson I was taught and learned when I was barely in kindergarten?