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77-7-6. Manner of making arrest.
(1) The person making the arrest shall inform the person being arrested of his intention, cause, and authority to arrest him.

77-7-7. Force in making arrest.
If a person is being arrested and flees or forcibly resists after being informed of the intention to make the arrest, the person arresting may use reasonable force to effect the arrest.

Here is my problems. Quick to taze. Quick to avoid details. Quick to ignore questions from his employer. Police officers’ need to recognize they work for US.

Yes - the officer in question seems to have been in a hurry to go get the next victim of his little speed trap and then once his current ticketee didn't respond the way he thought he should, tased him in front of his wife and children.

Now some additional thoughts: the young man being stopped with his family looked like a squeaky-clean young Mormon right in the middle of Mormon country. I would really like to know how many shootouts the entire UPD has had in the last decade with young Mormons..