Officer Accidentally Uses Taser On Self

[Roon]

MADISON, Wis. -- Don't `Tase' yourself, bro.

Adding insult to injury, the Madison Police Department issued a letter of reprimand after an officer was injured in the hand from accidentally discharging a Taser during a standard checkout procedure.

The department omitted the officer's name and gender, as it regularly does when it releases reports of officer reprimands.

According to a summary of the investigation, officers are required to make sure no air cartridges are loaded before testing the Taser gun at the start of each shift.
http://www.wisn.com/news/14578060/detail.html

[MrSlayer]

1. Yeah, so?

Accidents happen all the time. What's next? A report on a plumber who left a leaky pipe behind? Or a carpenter who hit his thumb with a hammer?

[krispos42]

2. And how did his pistol inspection go?

Out with a bang?

[BelgianMadCow]

3. just grabbed the wrong electric accessory?

NEVER leave these things by the side of your bed fer chrissakes.

[Deep13]

4. I thought it might be the same cop who shot his own foot back East...

...a while ago. Guess not.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. Video or it didn't happen.

:D

[Blue Diadem]

6. oops..bet that was a shocker.

Seriously though, most of the cops I know have already been tased in training, just like being maced in training..but they know what's going to happen.

The big deal with the cop being reprimanded was that he didn't follow proper safety protocol. Bet he does now since he learned the hard way. It was a shock in more ways than one.

[Orsino]

7. Gee. Tasers cause injury.

I guess the Vulcan Neck Pinch is just fictional.