Stun Gun

• Peterborough officer deploys stun gun after being shoved into mailboxes: police

  Police say early Thursday a man resisted being escorted out of a residence and shoved one officer into a bank of mailboxes.

  Crime

  May 30
  
• Peterborough officer draws stun gun to arrest break-in suspect

  Just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, Peterborough police responded to a report of an unwanted man in a vacant and condemned building. They found a man in a washroom.

  Crime

  May 21
  
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• Peterborough police use stun gun to arrest armed robbery suspect

  Police were told a man with a covered face entered the store while brandishing a pair of scissors. The suspect first threatened a customer and then the clerk.

  Crime

  Apr 16
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• Forcillo tells coroner’s inquest having a stun gun would have ‘changed everything’

  A former Toronto police officer who shot a teen on an empty streetcar told a coroner's inquest today that having a stun gun would have "changed everything."

  Crime

  Jan 22
• Alberta police watchdog critical of RCMP officers pointing unloaded stun guns

  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team investigated a complaint from October 2019 in Elk Point.

  Investigations

  Jan 19
• Peterborough police draw stun gun to help arrest man wanted on 7 warrants

  Police say a man was wanted on seven outstanding warrants for 24 charges. He initially provided police with a false name and then resisted arrest.

  Crime

  Jan 10
• OPP use stun gun on man resisting arrest at Peterborough courthouse

  OPP attended the courthouse to arrest a man wanted on a warrant. However, police allege the man resisted arrest and officers' directions, prompting the use of a stun gun.

  Crime

  Jan 5
• Peterborough officer draws stun gun after report of woman with hatchet at outdoor rink

  Officers responded to a report of woman using a hatchet to smash the lights of a sign at the Quaker Foods City Square on Saturday night. A weapon was found nearby.

  Crime

  Dec 18, 2023
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• Peterborough officer draws stun gun on student brandishing knife at high school

  Staff chaperoning a winter dance learned a youth with a knife had threatened other students along a nearby trail. The student was taken into an office but would not drop the knife.

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2023
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• Peterborough police use stun gun on teen brandishing knife with women, officers

  Just before 11 a.m. on Thursday, officers responded to a disturbance at a residence where a teenager reportedly assaulted one woman and threatened another with a knife.

  Crime

  Nov 10, 2023