“It’s becoming a
disturbingly familiar scene in America - mentally unstable cops”
The borough council in a Philadelphia suburb has voted to
lift a state of emergency declared after three officers were suspended in
fallout over the alleged use of a stun gun on a handcuffed teenage suspect.
The Associated Press
COLWYN, Pa. —
The borough council in a Philadelphia suburb has voted to
lift a state of emergency declared after three officers were suspended in
fallout over the alleged use of a stun gun on a handcuffed teenage suspect.
Colwyn Mayor Daniel Rutland says he decided late Wednesday
to declare a state of emergency because there weren't enough officers to patrol
the streets. On Thursday, Colwyn's borough council voted 4-3 to lift the state
of emergency and reinstate Lt. Wendell Reed as officer-in-charge.
The 17-year-old boy told reporters an officer zapped him
once with the stun gun while he was handcuffed inside the department's jail
cell on April 24. Investigators believe the teen was in custody after refusing
to answer a police officer's questions about a fight he witnessed.
The Delaware County district attorney is investigating.