School resource officer on leave for using Taser to wake sleeping student

[RandySF]

SMITHVILLE, Ohio – A school resource officer has come under fire after using a Taser to wake up a sleeping high school student, according to WEWS.

When a junior fell asleep in class on Aug. 30 at Liberty Preparatory School, the teacher and Interim Principal Jenna Parnell tried to wake him up, both unsuccessfully.

That's when officer Maryssa Boskoski, 32, a part-time school resource officer, had an idea.

“It was just an attempt to wake him up,” Parnell told The Alliance Review. Boskoski “just pulled (the taser) out and pushed the button to make the sound."

The Taser never physically touched the student, but the sparking noise and reaction from the class were enough to wake the student.

"She did take her Taser, remove the cartridge from it, and arced the Taser," Smithville Police Chief Howard Funk confirmed to WEWS.

Boskoski was placed on unpaid leave after the incident.

"I was a little surprised by it," Parnell said to WEWS. "Our interest is in the safety of our students, so hearing that go off was a little alarming."

The police chief will meet with the village solicitor to determine if criminal charges should be filed.


https://fox13now.com/2018/09/06/school-resource-officer-on-leave-for-using-taser-to-wake-sleeping-student/

[dalton99a]

1. Sadistic trash

[madaboutharry]

2. Where do all these stupid people come from?

And who is training them?

[mr_lebowski]

3. This is NOT 'using the taser on the student' ... I'm not condoning the tactic in play here, but

can't the media at least keep stuff honest instead of going with this clickbait trash?

Srsly ...

[yonder]

4. +1.

[TeamPooka]

5. You have misquoted the headline and article. Your outrage is falsly created.

Your quote - 'using the taser on the student'
Actual headline quote - "using Taser to wake sleeping student"

But thanks for playing.
You don't win anything.

[mr_lebowski]

6. Srsly? Gimme a fucking break ...

Um, what do you think 99.9% of potential readers will imagine they are about to read about when they see a headline saying "School resource officer on leave for using Taser to wake sleeping student"?

What did YOU think when you read it?

Yeah, that's what I thought.
Thanks for playing.

[TeamPooka]

9. I don't know what other people will think. I only know you quoted the headline incorrectly.

You were wrong.
The rest of your post is a diversion from your factual inaccuracy.

[mr_lebowski]

10. Okay, I shouldn't have put the quotes, that was wrong ... happy now?

My point still stands ...

Edit: Also, check the byline in the video posted from the local News in Post 1 ... that matches what I said pretty closely, don't you think?

[TeamPooka]

12. Your justification is that you got it as wrong as the TV people? Admitting mistakes is healthy.

Your point is moot since your original facts were incorrect.

[kcr]

7. Well, good thing you're not condoning it

That way you won't be too outraged about it when she loses her job, like the chief of police stated she might over this "clickbait trash" maneuver of hers, seeing as it violated policy.

[mr_lebowski]

11. I hope there is a fair and proper review of the actions of this presumable Union Member

And the chips can fall where they may, hopefully in a way that's fair.

I'll likely not be 'outraged', whatever the outcome is.

But at this stage, based on what we now know, I'm definitely not at the 'zomg string her up by her boots' level of outrage.

My ire is also in no way directed towards the OP who simply posted the headline as written, to be clear.

I'm just growing tired of the way the media (on all 'sides' ... the other side being far worse, to be clear) seem to really frequently be purposefully deceptive in the way they word their headlines ...

Though I suppose the 'real problem' ... is probably more fairly blamed upon 'the general public's attention span'

I just don't want to create reasons for the already-skeptical public to to 'tune out', since 'the headlines never match the real story anyway'.

[Flaleftist]

8. +1. Clickbait BS

It is an extremely misleading title.