Akron police tried to Taser a man on a bike. City policy on Taser use needs work, auditor says

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Akron Police In this screenshot from body-worn camera, Akron officer Jonathon Cole is seen chasing after man who fled from police on his bike. Cole deployed his Taser at the man. Akron’s police auditor found this use-of-force to be unjustified because it could have caused serious injury or death, according to a new report.

Akron’s police auditor has once again challenged a use-of-force incident previously cleared by a police supervisor.

This time, auditor Anthony Finnell is challenging an officer’s use of a Taser on a person who was riding a bike and the initial department finding that that use was “objectively reasonable.”

This could have caused the man to fall off his bike and sustain a serious injury or even die, Finnell said…

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