Threatening someone with a taser

I know a guy who was threatened by another guy with a taser last night. A verbal altercation escalated into the asshat brandishing a taser and threatening to use it OFFENSIVELY, not defensively, against an unarmed guy. "How would you like this?" and waving it around kind of shit. FWIW, the asshat started the altercation to begin with.

Cops were called and all parties were present when they got there. Cops said something like "We know he is mentally unstable but he didn't actually use the taser, so there's nothing we can do" and they left. The asshat dude is 42 yo and on permanent SS disability for mental problems. Apparently they have that info on file because nobody said a word about that to the cops.

This sound right to you guys?

Sure. Kind of like how it's OK to brandish a handgun and threaten people as long as you don't actually use it.




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Originally Posted by ray1970

Sure. Kind of like how it's OK to brandish a handgun and threaten people as long as you don't actually use it.




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[facepalm] glad i could help.

Yup.

No injuries, no arrests. Both parties clear for warrants; separate and send on way...no report. Clear scene, respond to next call.

The cops could have cited said EDP, however this would likely have gone no where when the charges were later dropped by DA's office.

Could it have gone bad? Sure, but often you trust your instinct and play the odds that with some time and distance, people will not do something really bad.

Why was the guy you know, arguing with a crazy man? Just curious.

Be safe.

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Originally Posted by ray1970

Sure. Kind of like how it's OK to brandish a handgun and threaten people as long as you don't actually use it.

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I don't think a Taser would be considered a deadly weapon.

So what I'm reading here, is the next time someone threatens me with a good time, and they don't deliver, I shouldn't bother calling the police?

^^ Or, you could call the police, get a little cranky with them, and maybe they could show you a good time with a Taser. And, you'd have a great story to tell.

I'm don't know if I'm ready to party with a cop level trailer?

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Originally Posted by cstone

Why was the guy you know, arguing with a crazy man? Just curious.

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Like I wrote, the crazy man instigated the ordeal and the guy I know really had no choice but to inject himself or others (kids, female) might have been harmed. Enough said there.

I did think it was interesting that the police knew the crazy man was, well, crazy. Does someone on SSD for mental problems get put on a list or something? Maybe I'm naive here, but shouldn't that be kinda confidential info?

Maybe they've had run in's with that guy before?

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Originally Posted by GilpinGuy

Like I wrote, the crazy man instigated the ordeal and the guy I know really had no choice but to inject himself or others (kids, female) might have been harmed. Enough said there.

I did think it was interesting that the police knew the crazy man was, well, crazy. Does someone on SSD for mental problems get put on a list or something? Maybe I'm naive here, but shouldn't that be kinda confidential info?

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If the "crazy" man was in an area he normally frequents, then the police would have had contact with him in the past. No one who does the job would be doing it long without paying attention to the surroundings and those who inhabit those surroundings.

Police in any jurisdiction will know the houses they visit most and the names of the people they deal with on a regular basis. Determining what the issues are that drive people to their circumstances is actually not that difficult.

Yeah, I suppose that there are prior things I don't know about involving the police. I do know both of these guys. The "victim" is a close acquaintance. The "crazy man" is a sadistic fuck who I've had to deal with myself a few times. He threatened to come to my house and kill me a few years ago. I told him I would not hesitate to defend myself if he trespassed on my property (I MAY have used slightly different language). He never showed.

I do my best to try and not get engaged in an argument with someone who I don't know. I find that it's easier to just let people ramble on and sound like a complete buffoon than try to correct them and end up in one of "those" arguments. Kind of like hanging out at the gun counter in Sportsman's, Cabela's or (insert name of big chain gun store here).

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Originally Posted by Squeeze

I do my best to try and not get engaged in an argument with someone who I don't know. I find that it's easier to just let people ramble on and sound like a complete buffoon than try to correct them and end up in one of "those" arguments. Kind of like hanging out at the gun counter in Sportsman's, Cabela's or (insert name of big chain gun store here).

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Yup

Menacing for the nutjob or disorderly conduct for everyone.


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Just about all dispatch today is computer aided, i.e. CAD. If a department goes to the same address twice in one year or deals with the same person twice in one year, the dispatcher will have access to previous history. Some dispatchers advise, while some wait to be asked. Officers with an MDT may be able to pull some of that information as well, but normally, you just get to know your zones. I had a notebook on some of my regulars. When they looked like they were bottoming out, I had friends & family contact information and Drs and Rx info for some. You just help where you can and watch when you can't help.

I hope your friend is trying do keep a wider berth from said crazy man.

Be safe.