Police located William Allen, 18, who appeared to be intoxicated, according to reports. After he was left with his cousin, Allen apparently fought with him and began running down the road yelling again. Allen was unable to tell officers his address, and they decided to arrest him for underage consumption and book him into the Montgomery County Jail, according to the incident report.
Allen became belligerent, swearing at the two officers at the scene that he had “done nothing wrong.” He then slipped out of his seatbelt and began beating his head against the partition window in the cruiser, cutting his head open. While officers waited for a medic, Allen began to fight again. Officers warned Allen they would use a Taser on his neck if he didn’t calm down. In the video, Allen can be seen resisting and yelling.
An officer used a Taser to drive stun Allen in the neck. He then appeared to calm down, according to the video and the incident log.
Allen was taken to the hospital and checked by a medic. He was also cited for underage consumption.
A sergeant was called to the scene for a use-of-force investigation since a Taser was used on Allen. This is standard procedure, said Lt. Joe Weisman. Also, given the severity of the injuries to Allen’s head, the sergeant will also review the actions leading up to his injury to determine if officers could have done anything to prevent it, Weisman said.
Given Allen’s level of intoxication, Weisman said there’s little officers could do. At one point in cruiser cam video, Allen appears to have passed out in the back seat of the cruiser.
“(Alcohol) puts him not in the right frame of mind and then it escalates into something like this,” Weisman said.
Following the sergeant’s review of the case, the Dayton police command staff will review it as well as the Professional Standards Bureau to determine if policy was followed and if the officers should be disciplined. The case is still being reviewed, Weisman said, and both officers remain on the street working on patrol, as is standard procedure in use-of-force investigations.
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