{"id":12329,"date":"2025-06-25T02:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T02:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/12329\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T02:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T02:18:10","slug":"jacksonville-officer-misfires-taser-striking-partner-while-trying-to-make-an-arrest-104-5-wokv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/12329\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville officer misfires taser, striking partner, while trying to make an arrest \u2013 104.5 WOKV"},"content":{"rendered":"

A viral Instagram video<\/b><\/a> shows a Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Officer accidentally tasing his partner while trying to make an arrest. <\/p>\n

In the video, one of the officers can be seen getting up from the scuffle to grab his taser. The officer deploys the taser once but misses.<\/p>\n

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The second time the officer deploys the taser, he accidentally stuns his partner, and the man the officers were trying to arrest gets up to run away.<\/p>\n

Action News Jax sent a list of questions to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office, asking if the officer violated any policies, and if the officer who was tased is OK. <\/p>\n

We also asked the sheriff\u2019s office if the person officers were trying to apprehend was ever arrested, if the officer who misfired his taser was facing any disciplinary actions, and if the sheriff\u2019s office keeps track of tasers misfiring. <\/p>\n

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They responded to our questions in an email, saying, <\/p>\n

\u201cThe incident is unfortunate, but in the heat of the moment is always a potential while we are taking combative subjects into custody. Incidents such as this are always reviewed to ensure we are using the most appropriate techniques and force during an apprehension \u2013 this case is in this process as we speak.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe officer sustained minor injuries as a result of the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suspect was apprehended during the incident and transported to the Pre-Trial Detention Facility.\u201d<\/p>\n

JSO policy regarding tasers said voluntary compliance by the arrestee is the optimal desired outcome. <\/p>\n

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But when an arrestee is resistant, officers may deploy the taser to gain compliance.<\/p>\n

The policy goes on to say that, when possible, officers should have backup officers attempt to restrain an arrestee when the taser is deployed.<\/p>\n

But there is no mention in the policy about an appropriate distance between two officers when the taser is used. <\/p>\n

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