Calgary police officer charged with assault after man shot with stun gun

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CALGARY - A Calgary police officer has been charged with assault almost a year after a man was shot twice with a stun gun.

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CALGARY – A Calgary police officer has been charged with assault almost a year after a man was shot twice with a stun gun.

Police say officers were responding to a call in the city’s southwest in January when one officer trying to enter a home used his conducted energy weapon on a man.

Police allege the officer used force that was not reasonable or proportional given the circumstances.

A police officer and a service dog enter the Calgary Courts Centre, in Calgary, Alta., May 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
A police officer and a service dog enter the Calgary Courts Centre, in Calgary, Alta., May 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

The officer was suspended in February while the police service’s professional standards section investigated.

The investigation included a review of body-worn-camera footage.

Const. Nickolas Kerton, a two-year member of the service, has been charged with assault with a weapon and is to appear in court in January.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 17, 2024.

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