Wednesday, December 5, 2012
News from Patch sites in the area.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
A man who turned out to be armed was tased and fatally shot by Gwinnett Police during an incident Tuesday (December 4) in Buford. Gwinnett County officers were dispatched to an apartment complex in response to a report of people smoking marijuana, accoring to a police news release. Upon arrival, officers encountered a group of five or six people in the parking lot. One of the officers began to frisk an adult Hispanic male. The male pulled away from the officer, withdrew a handgun from his clothing and pointed the gun at his own head. Officers ordered the man to drop the gun, but he failed to comply. "When he refused, the first responding officer fired a Taser, striking the suspect," according to Gwinnett County Police public information …
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Gwinnett Police recorded the man's erratic behavior on camera while he was at a Norcross-area driving range.
Gwinnett County Police videotaped the erratic behavior of Karl Laventure, an Alpharetta man who admitted to being high on bath salts and marijuana. He was tasered 14 times, had threatened to eat people and exhibited superhuman strength, according to police reports obtained by Patch. The incident occured around 10 a.m. June 14 at Atlanta Golf Center, located off Beaver Ruin Road in unincorporated Norcross. Click here for the full story. The above video was filmed when police were able to handcuff the suspect after six taser attempts and half a can of pepper spray. It captures Laventure ranting and screaming at officers about Tupac, the Avengers, eating people and other random topics. The footage is from a personal recording device off an on…
Friday, February 11, 2011
Police get no objection from council members to the electric shock weapons.
In a major shift for Suwanee's law enforcement, police officers plan to use Tasers to subdue potentially dangerous subjects. Chief Mike Jones got no objection from Mayor Dave Williams and three council members Thursday night to spending some $12,800 of forfeiture funds for eight of the devices. Jones made a presentation at a City Council work session. Council members Dan Foster and Kevin McOmber were not present. Formal council approval is not needed. Police likely would start using the devices next year. The council members also assented to Jones implementing an Automatic License Plate Recognition system. The electronic system identifies license-plate numbers that show up on law enforcement "hot lists." The cost of almost $22,000 would …
Steve Burns
8:36 am on Friday, February 11, 2011
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