Duke said the officer, Corporal Becky Sotherland, used the Taser on the man "probably" more than five times. He did not have an exact number of Taser uses, but he said he doubted Sotherland used it more than 10 times.
Eventually, according to the videotape of the incident, onlookers helped Sotherland place the man in the police vehicle.
Sotherland, Duke said, has been with the force for about 2 1/2 years; she is from Hot Springs.
The man, whose last name Duke said he could not recall, was in the Pine Ridge jail Monday afternoon, where he has been held since his arrest on suspicion of disorderly conduct, trespassing and resisting an officer. On Saturday, the man asked for medical attention, and he was evaluated. Duke said, "the hospital determined he was OK."
There is more than one video of the incident, Duke said. Sotherland had a camera on her uniform, he said, so that will give a different view from the one taped by the passerby.
Duke said the department has policies for the use of Tasers and for the use of force, but he would not comment on whether Sotherland's use of the Taser was a violation of either policy.
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