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SUBJECT:
Suspect Apprehended with Taser
Date:
January 13, 2005
On
January 12, 2005
at approx. 2300 hrs. the Post Falls Police Department responded to a
report of a Domestic Dispute in the 2100 Blk of Cabinet Street. Once on
scene the officers were faced with an uncooperative male subject. After
the officers identified themselves the male subject grabbed a machete and
got up from the couch with the machete in hand. The subject raised the
machete and walked towards the officers in an aggressive manner, he
refused to drop the machete after several requests from the officers
involved. One officer was able to deploy his department issued X-26 Taser.
The subject dropped the machete and was taken into custody. The subject
was booked into the Kootenai County Jail on Domestic Violence and Assault
on an Officer charges.
This
is just another example of how the Taser continues to save lives. Without
the use of the Taser there is a high likelihood that officers would have
been forced to use their firearms. The subject has been identified as
David Lee Melton.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lt. Haug 773-6366
AUTHOR: Sgt. Knight
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