MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana police say two officers have been placed on administrative suspension after they used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old boy at a home day care.
Martinsville police say the officers visited the home Tuesday in response to a call that the boy was being combative and trying to harm other children and caretakers. It was not their first visit to the home on such reports.
The department says that when the officers arrived the boy was out of control, hitting and kicking and refusing to listen to them. The department says the officers used a stun gun and slapped the boy to subdue him.
Assistant Police Chief Dan Riffel says the Morgan County Sheriff's Department will investigate the incident.
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