Substitute Teacher tests Taser in Classroom
A substitute teacher who tested a stun gun during class at a suburban St. Louis grade school will not face criminal investigation, a police official said Thursday.
The incident happened Wednesday at Kehrs Mill Elementary School in the St. Louis County town of Chesterfield. Principal Christina Garland wrote to parents that a substitute teacher brought a Taser — a high-voltage stun gun commonly used by police — into a fifth-grade class.
In a message to parents on Thursday, Garland wrote that the substitute teacher “tested” the Taser in the classroom but away from students. Garland did not explain how the weapon was tested, and a Rockwood School District spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
WTF??? OK if you’re a teacher and a Taser will not count against the schools stupid “Gun Free Zone” policy, I get packing one, and while recharge cartridges are crazy expensive I understand wanting to deploy the darts, maybe into a target of some sort just so you get the idea of how it works.
But in a Classroom DURING class??? I’m clueless on that one.
Given that its a substitute I suspect they will now be placed on the “Do not call” list for every school in the tri-state region.
So was this a stun apparatus, or a stun gun? The article used different terms.
If it was a stun gun (shooting barbed darts) then that’s so incredibly stupid.
Of it was a taser that has to be touched to someone, then that’s a little less stupid, but I can understand how it can be more easily demonstrated because it’s cool to watch it “zap and sparkle”.