CINCINNATI -- An officer's use of a stun gun while arresting a city councilman's daughter appears to have been an unnecessary use of force, Cincinnati's police chief said Monday.
The officer's police powers have been suspended while the investigation continues, Chief Thomas Streicher said. He said initial review indicates that the officer's use of the Taser gun wasn't in line with police department policies.
The local president of the Fraternal Order of Police, Kathy Harrell, said she was aware of the incident involving Officer Anthony Plummer but declined to comment until she learned more about it.
The councilman, Cecil Thomas, who is a retired Cincinnati police officer, said he wants to see the results of a full investigation of the arrest of Celeste Thomas, 26, early Sunday.
Police said she was a passenger in a vehicle allegedly involved in a hit-skip accident. She was charged with obstructing official business and possessing an open container.
She kept asking officers why she was being detained, Thomas said.
"While that was taking place, that type of conversation, she felt a sharp pain in the back. She said she felt like she was having a seizure," he said.
A police report states she disobeyed police by getting out of the car and approaching officers.
Police said driver Demetri Washington, 33, had a felony warrant on a burglary charge and also was charged with resisting arrest and drunken driving. He was in jail Monday on $53,000 bond.
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