Ohio cop on leave after video shows woman being hit by stun gun
(CNN) — An Ohio police officer has been put on paid administrative leave after his own police cruiser’s dash camera captured him using a stun gun to subdue a handcuffed woman, an attorney for the city of Warren, Ohio, told CNN on Thursday.
Warren City police are investigating a September 2 incident in which the officer repeatedly used a Taser to control the woman, who police allege was wildly out of control after being forced from a bar.
According to Officer Rich Kovach’s own police report, he shocked Heidi Gill, 38, seven times — twice after she had been handcuffed.
In the report, filed September 4, Kovach describes responding to a “fight/disturbance inside the bar” and finding a belligerent Gill, who began cursing, refused to give her real name, then tried to flee.
The video shows Gill stumbling, with her arms flailing, and screaming while Kovach uses the stun gun on her.
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