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Quote: - Cop: Do you feel this? Suspect: Yes, sir. Cop: Do you feel that? That's my Suspect: Okay Cop: Taser up your ass. Suspect: Okay Cop: So don't move. Suspect: I'm trying not to. I can't breathe. Cop: Now do you feel this in your balls? Suspect: I do, sir. I'm not going to move. I'm not gonna move. Cop: Now I'm gonna tase your balls if you move again. (A full minute goes by) Cop: Okay, I'm gonna take this Taser out of your asshole now. Are you going to fight with me? Suspect: No, not at all, sir. Cop: (to another cop) So far, for the last two minutes, he's been cooperative. But then my Taser's in his ass.

Police dash cam(released August 12/09) - KALAMAZOO Video of an incident that led to a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety sergeant's unpaid suspension last week shows the officer punched a handcuffed 16-year-old three times after the youth spit in his face. Sgt. Jeff VanderWiere, 37, was suspended last week for 10 work days after an Office of Professional Standards investigation into the April More..incident. The Kalamazoo Police Supervisors Association has filed a grievance on the suspension. The video and police documents related to the case and VanderWiere, a 12-year department veteran, were released by the city Tuesday after the Gazette filed a request under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act. The images, captured from the mobile-video recording unit inside Officer Travis Ulberg's patrol cruiser, shows the teen was with two other people when he was approached by VanderWiere and another officer at 1:45 a.m. on April 5 in the 1300 block of Cobb Avenue on the city's north side. A report from another officer said the teen appeared to be intoxicated. The video shows him becoming confrontational and screaming profanities at the two officers who were investigating reports of gunshots being fired in the area. The teen matched a description given to police when the gunshots were reported, according to the police documents. The teen was eventually handcuffed, but he and one of the other boys with him attempted to run from officers. VanderWiere wrestled the teen to the ground. In the video, the teen can be seen making attempts to get up but is held down by VanderWiere, who places a knee on the youth's chest near his neck. VanderWiere held the boy down as another officer stood nearby. On the video, the teen can be heard screaming and cussing at the officers and, at one point, apparently spits on VanderWiere. The video shows that VanderWiere promptly hits the teen in the face three times and tells him not to spit in his face again. "I think I broke my finger punching him," VanderWiere told Lt. Jay Kowalkowski after the incident, according to footage captured by VanderWiere's in-car mobile-video recording unit. "He spit in my face so I punched. It's either dislocated or broke." Documents show that police later found a box of .22-caliber bullets inside the jacket pocket of the youth who was with the 16-year-old. The youths were arrested. The teen who was struck was arrested on charges of minor in possession of alcohol, violating curfew and resisting police. The other teen was arrested for interference and resisting police. The teen who was struck was initially taken to the Kalamazoo County Jail and then to the county's juvenile home after officers discovered he was 16 years old. Footage of his ride to the county jail shows the teen continued to shout profanities and threats at Ulberg. Hadley has said the teen was not injured during the incident. A 24-page report by Assistant Chief Lynn Wetmore says that when VanderWiere was interviewed by the Office of Professional Standards he said "he was trying to maintain control of (the teen) and a field of view regarding his officers." According to the report, VanderWiere said the teen spit "directly into his face and the spit went into his eyes." "VanderWiere stated that was an assault on his person and he did not want to get spit on again so he delivered three quick jabs to (the teen's) facial area." In concluding her report, Wetmore writes that VanderWiere "gave no verbal warning, did not consider the utilization of other techniques" to stop the teen's spitting and did not request assistance from Ulberg who was standing nearby before striking the teen. "Although there is no evidence to indicate that there was any intent to cause serious injury to (the teen), it appears the strikes were delivered out of frustration that (the teen) was not compliant ..." Wetmore's report says VanderWiere violated two sections of the department's code of conduct that mandate an officer must use "only objectively reasonable force to overcome resistance" and document any injuries to the officer or a suspect with photos. The report also says that VanderWiere violated a general order that requires officers to have their mobile-video recording body microphone activated at all times when in contact with a citizen. The video of the incident shows VanderWiere did not have his mobile-video recording activated when he initially responded to the shots-fired call or during the time when he had the teen on the ground and struck him in the face.

Cambridge police say President Obama "misdirected his remarks" about the arrested of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. - July 24, 2009

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Everett Police say five baristas are in trouble for offering more than just coffee at an Everett espresso stand. Everett Police Sergeant Robert Goetz told Q13 FOX News that police concluded a two month investigation where they found 'terribly inappropriate' and lewd behavior. Five women from the 'Grab-N-Go' espresso stand in the 8000 Block of Broadway in Everett have been charged with prostitut More..ion and violating the city's Adult Entertainment ordinance. Police started their investigation after tips came in from customers. Sgt. Goetz says, "For extra money these women would expose their entire body. If they were wearing a bikini they would either take it off or at least lower it. There were some allegations... Complaints from our citizens that they were performing whip cream shows between two women." Police say, in one instance, an alarm went off at the espresso stand and when they responded, they found a naked barista. The owner of the business, Bill Wheeler, says the women who work at the 'Grab N Go' all sign a policy prohibiting the kind of behavior alleged by the police investigation. Wheeler says the policy will be strictly enforced and any violation means immediate termination. "Any girl caught doing anything illegal will be fired on the spot," says Wheeler. "Every girl that works for us knows that our policy states clearly, acceptable attire for work. They must cover their bottoms and use pasties, if necessary." Wheeler says no whip cream on bodies or sexual gestures are allowed. He says the the media should check the other stands in Everett as well and not just target his. He says he can't control every moment of every girl that works for him. Police say they are getting tips from other locations and investigations are on-going. If convicted the women could face 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine

Suspect Shocked Repeatedly With Tasers Police Department Stands Behind Effectiveness Of Devices Reported by Alan Frio POSTED: 8:06 pm CDT August 4, 2009 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- There has been no shortage of controversy in Nashville when it comes to police using Tasers. Officers contend that it is a last resort to prevent a hands-on confrontation. However, in July a man in Nashville was shoc More..ked with a Taser multiple times and was not stopped by police. The suspect, Ronnie Irby, was an employee of a Krystal fast food restaurant until he was caught on camera allegedly stealing money from his employer on Murfreesboro Pike. Police were called, watched the surveillance video and approached the man. Police asked Irby, who was in the parking lot of the restaurant, to fall to the ground a number of times. However, he refused the officers' demands, police said. With Tasers drawn, police activated the camera on the Tasers, and an officer fired a Taser probe at Irby, who is 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 300 pounds, said police. The Taser temporarily stunned him, but then Irby got up as if nothing had happened, police said. A second Taser was fired by another officer, but Irby removed the probes and continued to evade police, police said. After a third Taser shock, police said, there was still no effect. Three shots may seem like a lot, but Metro police say how often an noncomplying suspect is shocked with a Taser is up to an officer. "You want to use the minimum number of Taser bursts necessary to affect an arrest," said police spokesman Don Aaron. Irby eventually walked inside the restaurant and the situation was quelled. "Thankfully, talking and diplomacy worked, and the officers did not have to go hands-on. They did not want to have to fight Mr. Irby," said Aaron. Metro police and other police departments across the country believe in the effectiveness of Tasers. But after seeing the video, some are questioning if it is as effective as some believe and if a Taser keeps an officer safe. "Forty-four times this year, the mere sight of the Taser by a suspect has resulted in the suspects' compliance with police officer commands," said Aaron. The Taser has been controversial in the past. The police department took them away from officers a few years ago because a man died from excited delirium after being shocked with a Taser. But last year, Metro started using them again because the department believes the benefits outweigh the risks