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Incident Title
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Two sleeping men tasered by police after forced entry into hotel room
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Incident ID
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221185
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Incident Description
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At approximately 02:00 hours on November 27, 2003, three men were sleeping in a room at the Cromdale hotel. Without the occupants' consent their room was entered by four police officers who were searching for an armed suspect in a robbery. Two of the men who were sleeping were subjected to a taser on stun mode. The police stated it was used to wake them up. The three men were detained and eventually released without charges. The police officer did not have sufficient ground to detain or arrest any of the men.
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Incident Date
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11/27/2003
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Incident City
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Edmonton
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Incident Neighbourhood
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Parkdale
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Type of Abuse
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Physical violence;
Disregard of dignity;
Arrest
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Weapon used
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Taser
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Victim Gender
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Man;
Man
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Victim Sexual Orientation
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Not listed
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Authority Involved
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Edmonton Police Service
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Officer Name
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Jeff Resler
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Officer Badge Number
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1835
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Court Cases
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Criminal trial took place 10/06/2006-01/08/2007
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Submission Source
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External Database Import
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Submission Source Affiliation
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Alberta Police Misconduct Database
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Alberta Police Misconduct Database
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Submission Source Link
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https://www.policemisconductdatabase.ca/incident/i-Sct88LfDcFysup
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Collection
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Alberta Police Misconduct Database
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Additional Details
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APMD original incident ID: i-Sct88LfDcFysup
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Multimedia Type
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Still image (photo)
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PDF
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Archive Publication Date
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August 9, 2022
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Archive Last Update
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August 9, 2022
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Tags
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conducted energy weapon (taser);
assault;
Unnecessary Exercise of Authority;
Alberta Police Misconduct Database
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Confidentiality/Restrictions
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From published source
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Complaint Resolution
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The officer was suspended without pay for a total of 90 hours. criminal charge;
acquitted;
disciplinary hearing;
guilty;
suspended without pay
