West Virginia Police Officer Fired After Using Taser on Pregnant Teenager

Sgt. Steve Smith has been fired by East Bank, West Virginia after the city council learned that he had used a taser on a pregnant teenager and a firefighter. Smith was still on probation as a new officer after joining the Kanawha County department less than a year earlier.

Smith is a friend of the mother of Candice White, 18, and was playing with the taser at their home. White said that Smith used it on her leg a number of times on a low setting. A volunteer firefighter said that Smith used it on him as part of the firefighter’s birthday celebration. What happened to the concept of a nice card?

Obviously, the liability in such juvenile exhibitions can be quite high for a city, particularly in the use on a pregnant girl.

A Florida officer was recently fired for using his taser as a fun party item, here.
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