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Dustin Bradshaw, Cop Who Tasered 10-Year-Old Girl for Not Taking Shower, is Fired

By Pete Kotz in Child Abuse, Police bungling
Tuesday, Dec. 1 2009 @ 1:57PM
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Dustin Bradshaw tasered the girl because she wouldn't take a shower
The weirdness began November 12 when Kelly King called Ozark, Arkansas police for help getting her daughter to take a shower. It seems the 10-year-old was throwing a fit, and mom figured enforcing shower time was somehow a police matter.

But the girl remained unruly after officer Dustin Bradshaw arrived, kicking and screaming and, at one point, booting the cop in the balls. So with the encouragement of Mrs. King, Bradshaw tasered the little girl. according to his report...

The case brought national outrage because A) cops have more important things to do than enforce shower time and B) you cease to technically be a man if you taser 10-year-old girls. Now, after weeks of playing defense, Chief Jim Noogle has fired the cop.

He didn't get whacked for actually tasering the girl. He got fired for failing to use the camera mounted on the taser. In addition to being the kind of guy incapable of subduing a 10-year-old, Bradshaw also didn't like hauling around standard-issue equipment.

Noogle said Bradshaw had been warned just two weeks before the incident to start using the camera and wearing his mic. But he apparently told another officer that it was worth the demerit points to blow them off.

While we hate to see anyone lose their job in this economy, Bradshaw's firing is for the best. If you can't handle a 10-year-old girl, you're certainly not man enough to subdue a 250-pound drunk, making you a danger to both yourself and fellow officers.

Also see Cop Dustin Bradshaw Tasers 10-Year-Old Girl After She Kicks Him in the Balls.

Tags: Arkansas