Police Chief Gets Tasered For Donations

Small town police forces have a hard time soliciting funds for needed equipment. Take for example Police Chief Danny Baker from Knighstown, a small eastern Indiana town. Funds were needed. So did he try a spaghetti dinner? No. How about a small carnival? Nope. Chief Baker recently agreed to be shot by a X26 Taser for donations.

What’s need is a lease on a new squad car. And the deed has been done. The chief says he raised $800.79 in cash and received a $25,000 pledge from a Texas company.  He says the feeling of being hit by 50,000 volts of low amperage electricity is like someone hitting him on the back of the head repeatedly as hard as they possibly could.

Chief Baker had two fellow police officers support him during the Taser hit. Even though Tasers were designed to be non-lethal, several instances of death have occurred. Taser International reminds operators to hit in the lower chest away from the heart or on the back. Also, if the perpetrator is highly stimulated and out of control, do not administer the Taser repeatedly.

You can find out more about the consumer version called the TASER X26c here.