Partner and I get a call about a party with underage drinking, "kids" are described to be wearing white t-shirt/blue jeans. We park a few streets out and walk in behind the houses (HUD community aka: projects)
we check out the party, and find nothing illegal going on. we start the walk back to our cars, again, walking behind the houses in the shadows. kid in white t-shirt/blue jeans is walking toward us and immediately changes direction when he sees us. i call out to him to come talk to us, he walks back in our direction. he's visibly nervous as i run his name through records and find that he's 18 and has an outstanding warrant for arrest. partner and i go to cuff him when he pulls away and bolts. my partner, who broke his ankle last year pretty much eliminating his ability to sprint fast, is closest to him and takes off. partner drops the handcuffs that were in his right hand as soon as we start running.
i manage to unholster my taser while running (not an easy feat at all, very stiff holster) and pass my partner. i actually start to gain on the kid after about 50 yards of chasing. the red laser dot from the taser is bouncing from the kid to the woods to the ground to the kid as i try to steady it while running. (it's wet/muddy/raining and has been for the last 3 days) the kid slips and gets up quickly but his falter allows me to get within range and i pull the trigger. kid does an awesome touchdown slide in the mud as his body locks up from the probes hitting him in the left forearm and lower left leg. (5 second burst on initial charge)
my partner comes over and starts wrestling the kid for his hands then realizes that he doesn't have his cuffs. i hand him mine and while the kid is trying to get away he's warned that he will be tased again if he doesn't comply (taser only affects the body during actual application of current and suspects can move/fight when it's not on). the dude won't put his hands behind his back as instructed and continues to wrestle with my partner.
so here's the funny part
my partner yells, "hit him again, i can't get him." now, to me this means, "i'm clear of the suspect and you can hit him again." but, in fact, my partner had his knee up against suspects hip and when i pulled the trigger again i heard the suspect give the usual taser growl but i also heard my partner make the same noise!!! i look at him to see that he's defintely taking a ride on the lightening along with the suspect. he managed to fall backwards sucessfully breaking free of the current. he fell over with a "son of a.....!!!!" he slowly got back in the game and cuffed the suspect, who was much more compliant this time around and did as instructed.
so the assisting units arrive as my partner is hunched over at the waste moaning. i later learn that the tip of his left knee and toe of his right foot were both touching the suspect between the probes so the current went right through his groin!!
needless to say, i've had a blast telling that story at work today to EVERYONE. he's already gotten a sympathy card as a joke from the chief.
the kid told me that he's been pepper sprayed before and that he'd much rather take a taser hit because it only hurts for 5 seconds as opposed to the 45 minute to an hour of burning from pepper spray. he also said that it was the worst 5 seconds of his life.
**please don't turn this into a taser debate, i'm trying to keep this out of the PAWN forum....just a funny story**
we check out the party, and find nothing illegal going on. we start the walk back to our cars, again, walking behind the houses in the shadows. kid in white t-shirt/blue jeans is walking toward us and immediately changes direction when he sees us. i call out to him to come talk to us, he walks back in our direction. he's visibly nervous as i run his name through records and find that he's 18 and has an outstanding warrant for arrest. partner and i go to cuff him when he pulls away and bolts. my partner, who broke his ankle last year pretty much eliminating his ability to sprint fast, is closest to him and takes off. partner drops the handcuffs that were in his right hand as soon as we start running.
i manage to unholster my taser while running (not an easy feat at all, very stiff holster) and pass my partner. i actually start to gain on the kid after about 50 yards of chasing. the red laser dot from the taser is bouncing from the kid to the woods to the ground to the kid as i try to steady it while running. (it's wet/muddy/raining and has been for the last 3 days) the kid slips and gets up quickly but his falter allows me to get within range and i pull the trigger. kid does an awesome touchdown slide in the mud as his body locks up from the probes hitting him in the left forearm and lower left leg. (5 second burst on initial charge)
my partner comes over and starts wrestling the kid for his hands then realizes that he doesn't have his cuffs. i hand him mine and while the kid is trying to get away he's warned that he will be tased again if he doesn't comply (taser only affects the body during actual application of current and suspects can move/fight when it's not on). the dude won't put his hands behind his back as instructed and continues to wrestle with my partner.
so here's the funny part
my partner yells, "hit him again, i can't get him." now, to me this means, "i'm clear of the suspect and you can hit him again." but, in fact, my partner had his knee up against suspects hip and when i pulled the trigger again i heard the suspect give the usual taser growl but i also heard my partner make the same noise!!! i look at him to see that he's defintely taking a ride on the lightening along with the suspect. he managed to fall backwards sucessfully breaking free of the current. he fell over with a "son of a.....!!!!" he slowly got back in the game and cuffed the suspect, who was much more compliant this time around and did as instructed.
so the assisting units arrive as my partner is hunched over at the waste moaning. i later learn that the tip of his left knee and toe of his right foot were both touching the suspect between the probes so the current went right through his groin!!
needless to say, i've had a blast telling that story at work today to EVERYONE. he's already gotten a sympathy card as a joke from the chief.
the kid told me that he's been pepper sprayed before and that he'd much rather take a taser hit because it only hurts for 5 seconds as opposed to the 45 minute to an hour of burning from pepper spray. he also said that it was the worst 5 seconds of his life.
**please don't turn this into a taser debate, i'm trying to keep this out of the PAWN forum....just a funny story**