School Resource Officer On Leave For Activating Taser To Wake Sleeping Student

SMITHVILLE, Ohio (AP) – Police in northeast Ohio have placed a school resource officer on unpaid leave for activating a Taser to wake up a sleeping student.
WEWS-TV reports the incident happened Aug. 30 at Liberty Preparatory School in Smithville. Police say Officer Maryssa Boskoski was called to a classroom when a sleeping student wouldn’t wake up for a teacher or principal.
Smithville Police Chief Howard Funk says Boskoski removed the cartridge from the Taser and “arced&rdquo