http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695248860,00.html
Public outcry over the video, which was viewed more than 1 million times on YouTube, prompted the Utah Department of Public Safety to conduct a review of the stop. In November, UHP Col. Lance Davenport said an initial investigation showed that Gardner's use of the Taser was "lawful and reasonable under the circumstances."
A report on the internal affairs investigation was expected to be completed earlier this month, but has not yet been released. UHP spokesman Cameron Roden, contacted late Wednesday afternoon, was unable to reach investigators to determine the status of the report.
I’m surprised the terrified woman wasn’t tasered as well. What a brave guy this officer is. < /s>
What did they do before tazers? Shoot them dead?
Cops usually get a bad rap around here but this guy is a moron.
You could tell from his demeanor from the start that he was on a short fuse.
My only question is if refusal to sign a ticket in Utah is an arrestable offense because that’s why he told the guy to get out of the car. He was going to bust him for not signing.
What a great idea to pull these dash videos under records release and post them to YouTube.
What a mother****ing load. That officer is totally unfit to be employed, and ought to be arrested for battery.
TEXAS DEPUTY VS NEW YORK LAWYER
A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy. He thinks that he is smarter than the deputy because he is a lawyer from New York and is certain that he has a better education then any cop from Houston, Texas. He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the Texas deputy’ s expense.
The deputy says,” License and registration, please.”
“What for?” says the lawyer.
The deputy says, “You didn’t come to a complete stop at the stop sign.”
Then the lawyer says, “I slowed down, and no one was coming.”
“You still didn’t come to a complete stop, Says the deputy. License and registration, please.”
The lawyer says, “What’s the difference?”
“The difference is you have to come to complete stop, that’s the law License and registration, please!” the Deputy says.
Lawyer says, “If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I’ll give you my license and registration; and you give me the ticket. If not, you let me go and don’t give me the ticket.”
“That sounds fair. Please exit your vehicle, sir,” the deputy says.
At this point, the deputy takes out his nightstick and starts beating the daylights out of the lawyer and says, “Do you want me to stop, or just slow down?”
This cop needs to resign, or be terminated from employment.