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High School Student Tased By Resource Officer

April 29, 2010 at 8:34 am by Morbid

MOORESVILLE, NC – Mixed reactions to the events surrounding a 17-year-old girl finding herself on the business end of a deployed Taser. The Charlotte Observer is reporting that on Teusday, 17-year-old Teresa Louise Bova was unable to adequately handle whatever drug she had taken while at Lake Norman High School. Slurred speech and dilated pupils led to the school administrators asking school resource officer, Marsha Sigmon, to escort her out of class and to the office to wait for her mother. But Bova had other plans. After fighting with Sigmon – even getting out of handcuffs that had been placed on her – Bova began running down the hall. Sigmon informed Bova it was in her best interest to stop, which Bova ignored. So Sigmon zapped her. Bova was then placed back in handcuffs but the assistance of a second deputy was needed to subdue Bova who still had some fight left in her. She has been charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. In a surprising move, her mother refused to get her out of jail. Read the Sheriff Department’s full account of what happened after the break

Sheriff Phil Redmond stated: on 4/27/10 Deputy M. Sigmon the School Resource Officer at Lake Norman High School was asked to assist Administration in escorting a student to the principals office to wait on her mother. Deputy Sigmon arrived and asked the assistant principal what she needed to assist with. The assistant principal said he thought Teresa Louise Bova, 17 of 120 Commodore Loop Mooresville was under the influence of an impairing substance. Deputy Sigmon stated she noticed that Bova’s pupils were dilated and she was disoriented then she asked Bova what she was doing, Bova responded but was slurring her speech. Sigmon again asked what she was doing and again was slurring her speech but said going to class. Sigmon and two assistant principals were escorting Bova to the office. Sigmon stated everything was fine until they started down one hall and Bova decided she wanted to go another direction. Sigmon attempted to take Bova by the arm and lead her in the right direction, Bova jerked away from Sigmon and stated she would not do what she said. Sigmon attempted to detain Bova by cuffing her for her safety and the safety of the other students since Bova was becoming combative.

Deputy Sigmon got one handcuff on and Bova started resisting and fighting with Sigmon and two assistant principals. Once in cuffs, Bova got her hand out of one of the cuffs and became combative again. Bova started running down the hall toward classrooms. Sigmon pulled out her taser and told Bova to stop or she would be tased. Bova refused and the taser was deployed.

Sigmon and two assistant principals re-handcuffed Bova and again attempted to escort her to the office. Bova began to stiffen her legs and still refused to comply with any request. After they started moving toward the office, Bova again got one hand free from a handcuff and started resisting Sigmon again. Deputy M. Burleyson arrived to assist.

If you read the comments at the Charlotte Observer link, you may be as surprised as I was to see that people want the officer removed from the school. They feel that a combative teenager under the influence of drugs who is physically fighting a cop, her principle and assistant principle should have had someone make her a bed of rose petals in the hallway and stroke her hair until she calmed down. They should be lucky that a cop didn’t use pepper spray inside the school or tackle her ass — or use a baton like I would have. Obviously I am not a cop for good reason as I would probably use a baton in all situations.

Citizen: “Excuse me Officer Morbid, there seems to be some troubl-”
Officer Morbid: *beats citizen repeatedly over the head with baton*

So hopefully you have checked out the comments at the link and read the official report of the incident…what do you think? Should she have been Tased, or do you think there was a better, SAFER alternative?

Tags: disorderly conduct, police brutality, student, Taser

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http://www.dreamindemon.com Jaded

Hell yes she deserved a zappin' – and they should have thrown in another for shits and giggles. And kudos to mom! I would do the same damn thing if put in her position. It's all about the tough love, kids.
kristina

i second jaded's opinion. when i was a younger bitch, i went to school many times under the influence of one thing or another, but NEVER was i found out, let alone combative. if i would have gotten caught, i would have hung my head and begged for forgiveness. that little girl needs to learn respect, and thank GOD her mom is helping her with that. go mamma!

on a side note, why do i have to sign into discus every time i comment even if I don't close the window?
JustReyn

Sounds as if mom, has had enough of her shit. I really hope mom, lets her happy ass sit in jail and not get her out in a few days when she thinks she has learned her lesson.
Good for the R.O. If you want to play big girl, you get treated like a big girl, which means bringing out the taser. And the R.O. is there for a reason, unruly CHILDREN. IMO, I think if this girl had the chance to punch another student during her drug induced rage, or pushed them to get them out of her way, hurt their child and the R.O. did nothing but say come here sweetie, we want to help you, its ok you can hit me, then they would have a totally different tune. This kid needs more than a tasing, no doubt.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Jaded

why do i have to sign into discus every time i comment even if I don't close the window?

There is a discussion on that here….

http://www.dreamindemon.com/contact/

Scroll down toward the bottom of the page.
kristina

thank you! signing in under my e-mail instead of my screen name worked. thanks!
darsa

People think that the RO did the WRONG thing?? Holy moly, honestly, she's in a school filled with other children who actually might contribute something to society someday other than a reason to keep cops on the payroll, FREAKING OUT, and people have a problem with the RO protecting those children? WTF, truly. I'm pretty sure that I would have let that kid sit in jail as well; of course I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have gotten that far if it was my kid, I don't hold with drugs at all. But I can't say for sure, haven't walked the mile and all that.

Wow… parents nowadays *shaking head*
NameKaos

Wow, she should have absolutely been tazed, I see the parents are already placing lawsuits, and I suspect that by leaving her in jail was only to see maybe if they could add to the amount their being paid. She could have further injured herself had they just let her run off, sometimes if you want to dance to the band you have to pay the fiddler, this seems like a minimal fee opposed to maybe DEATH or DISFIGUREMENT. Seems to me this girl just learned the meaning of the word consequence.
guillotinegirl

She was lucky she wasn't at a school with overzealous security and wind up getting shot.
Smiley

The parents are suing?!?! Damn, and I was just about to commend mom for letting the little bitch sit in jail. This would have been a great teaching moment as a parent “You see what happens? You go to school on DRUGS, get combatative, and what did it get you? Tazed and sitting in a jail cell”
So if her birthday had been one stinking year earlier and she was 18, would people still be so hysterical about this?
Lame…..
valannb22

I think they'd all be singing a different tune if the girl had gone back into a classroom and injured herself or another student
Tundratot

No, the parents who are suing are from another incident elsewhere. The 17 year old in that case died because the tazer was deployed too close to his heart.

“The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has used the devices since 2004, including in a March 2008 incident in which a teenager died after police used the Taser on him.

The family of the 17-year-old filed a civil suit in federal court in March against the company that makes the electronic stun gun.

The suit says Taser International didn’t warn its customers that the weapon could be lethal if deployed near the chest”

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/04/28/140…

These parents would have had to move fast to have sued already.
Wends

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Everyone who is whining about the RO and the tazing needs to be locked in a room with drugged, combative teenagers. Unarmed, of course. And give those teens chairs and desks. Once they've been beaten soundly, then let them bitch about excessive force and that tazing was unnecessary.

Brat needed a jolt of electricity. Good call on the part of the officer.
kbryan

So we're just supposed to let her enjoy her buzz, & hopefully she won't disrupt classes, or injure someone else ? How quick would they be sued for that ? She's lucky it wasn't me, I would've had problems with the “off” switch on the taser (clumsy me…) & she would've smelled like burnt hair for a while. Props to mom for letting precious stay in jail, maybe she'll learn something – doubt it though. The RO should be commended, & this little bitch should be glad it wasn't a cop outside of school, she would've probably been shot…
HorrorFan13

Would you want you kids tased if they were in that situation??
aka jas

You know………if my kids were acting like assholes and combative and drugged, I wouldnt want it. But be it necessary. Shock em'. Little shit deserved it.
tricia381

I dont understand how she was able to get out of handcuffs twice. If she were properly detained the first time it wouldnt have gotten to the point of needing the tazer.
I have mixed emotions on this case. Yes she was combative and resisting, but if it were my child I would be pissed that she was tazed. There are other methods of controlling a child.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Jaded

I wouldn't want my child tased in any situation, but if she was on drugs and being combative, a tasing would certainly get her attention and slow her down long enough to take control of her swinging arms and legs. It may also teach her a lesson about respecting authority.

My youngest daughter is 14, stands nearly 6 feet tall and can throw a punch like you wouldn't believe – if she were on drugs and pitching a fit, she could seriously injure someone. If she were in the middle of a raging fit, I don't think a pat on the head and a simple “Calm down” would have any effect whatsoever.
Deety

Good point. It's due to the cop's negliegence that the situation arose where a dumb kid needed tazing.

This is the cops fault. It should never have come to that. If the girl had gotten out of those handcuffs and injured another student, everyone would be pissed at the cop.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Jaded

This isn't the cop's fault – it's the girl's fault. Had she not been drugged up and bratty, we wouldn't even be discussing this.

And at 17-years-old, I wouldn't exactly consider her a child.
melb1970

I have a 17 year old daughter- TAZE away. These kids are grown and very well aware of the havoc they wreak.I absolutely, positively would not have picked mine up from jail for this outburst. In fact I probably would have changed the locks again- I did that last time she went on a tear. Want to be treated like an adult lets try acting like one.
defenestratethis

I once managed to get out of 5 point restarints in the looney bin. Drugged up, skinny young girls can be veeeeery slippery.
Robert1

my kids don’t do drugs and act like assholes.
Robert1

my kids don’t do drugs and act like assholes.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Harlow-Starr/100001489530936 Harlow Starr

As a 17 yr old girl my wrist were small enough to pull out of the handcuffs with a little work. I did it in the cop car the first time I was arrested for underage smoking. Maybe she was able to do that too?
Either way, remember your not controlling a child any longer, your controling an out of wack drug user. Different methods are used, understandably.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WUSPJ56WM63ZAO7MYQGILWWWPM aliceinchainsboy

i loled
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WUSPJ56WM63ZAO7MYQGILWWWPM aliceinchainsboy

sounds like bath salts//hmm