Highlands student questions officer's decision to use stun gun

So when does a school dictate use of force. If an Officer told me to stop and I did not my folks would have tanned my hide. Not sue or go after the Officer or his dept.

SkoolCop. Ditto. Of course his parents sided up with him. I could hear my dad if it was me. taze him again he would have said.

Interesting comment that was made by Vince Matranga, the former chief of security for the Sacramento School District. He said, "A taser might be used if they have a weapon that they are using during the fight, or they really become with the officers, and pepper spray is not working. Then I could see a taser being used."

Perhaps he is not up to date on the latest training with regards to using a taser AFTER pepper spray has been used and that there is a potential for the target who was pepper sprayed to ignite.

Also, by the description as printed, the incident apparently occurred in a "hallway" outside of a classroom, leading me to believe that the hallway was inside of a structure. Had the officer deployed pepper spray in this incident, many people within the structure would also have been effected by the pepper spray as it is carried through the building ventilation system.

I think in this case, I am going to trust the officer and his decision to use the taser to limit the overall propensity for injuries to himself, the two combatants or the rest of the faculty and staff inside of the structure.

Could it be the parents and the kid are simply looking for a payday? Nooooo, not in our kinder, gentler society where everyone always tells the truth!