Conduct commission found the officer used excessive force against the 16-year-old boy during the Byron Bay arrestNSW police officer who allegedly tasered and struck naked teen boy 19 times charged with assaultA Byron Bay police officer who allegedly tasered a teenage boy and struck him with a baton at least 19 times has been charged with assault following an investigation by the NSW police watchdog. The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, in a report presented to parliament in September 2018, found the officer used excessive force when he and three colleagues detained the naked and intoxicated 16-year-old in January of that year. The commission suggested he could be prosecuted over the incident for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and sacked by the police commissioner. He was issued a future court attendance notice on Wednesday for common assault and is due to face Byron Bay local court on 2 December. The boy, who was on holiday in Byron Bay with his family, told arresting officers “I’m not resisting” in the footage.

Source: The Guardian October 25, 2019 01:18 UTC