An RCMP superintendent has apologized to a B.C. senior Tasered last month after double-parking in downtown Kelowna.
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However, Supt. William McKinnon, said his issue was not that the officer fired his Taser, but with the fact he used it while the victim was in his car.
John Peters, 68, a stroke victim, told the media last month he was shocked twice with the weapon after two Mounties confronted him while he was briefly stopped on a downtown street.
Peters, McKinnon said, failed to co-operate with police and exhibited combative behaviour.
However he said the officer erred when he fired the weapon while Peters was still in the car.
-- CanWest News Service
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