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Here comes another MM firestorm! Sad story - kid was bipolar, PhD student at NAU.
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Cardall Family Has Tapes Of Fatal Encounter With Cops
Reported by: Fields Moseley
Last Update: 9:53 pm
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Brian Cardall with his wife, Anna and daughter, Ava. (Courtesy: Paul Cardall) The attorney for Hurricane City says the family of Brian Cardall has dispatch and police recordings of what happened Tuesday. Cardall's family says he was on State Road 59 when he became disoriented. He got out of the car and his wife called police for help. A Hurricane police officer used a Taser on him. Cardall died a short time later.
Duane Cardall, Brian's father, said the family has listened to the tapes released by the Washington County Critical Task Force to the family. But even after that, they don't feel there is anyway a stun-gun should have been used.
Brian Cardall was working toward his PhD at Northern Arizona University in molecular ecology. He was driving with his wife and daughter back to Arizona Tuesday when he became disoriented.
In a press release late Friday afternoon... Peter Stirba, attorney for Hurricane City, said dispatch recordings reveal: "Ms. Cardall reports to dispatch that Mr. Cardall has taken all his clothes off and is naked, she is afraid he is going to jump in front of a car, and that he is chasing after cars that have pulled over to help, and she is afraid he will 'freak out' on one of them."
Stirba also said, Cardall received more than 20 verbal commands to get down on the ground.
The Cardall family later issued a statement saying: "While Mr. Stirba may have provided his interpretation of the recordings in his Friday afternoon news release, we feel he has omitted numerous highly significant facts, which we feel the public should know."
The family plans to release the tapes as early as next week, but stands firm that a Taser should never have been used on Brian in this situation.
"I wouldn't be using it if I thought it was going to cause a problem," said Sgt. Nick Roberts of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office. "Those officers are second guessing themselves probably, and that's sad."
Sergeant Roberts couldn't speak to what happened in Washington County, but he has trained hundreds of officers and deputies to use electronic control devices like the Taser. He said the devices are saving lives, and are far less dangerous than fighting or wrestling.
"The more we can keep the officer and the suspect apart, the more we can prevent injuries to both parties," said Roberts.
That is a relatively new tactic in law enforcement which has been helped along by electronic control devices like the Taser.
As for Brian Cardall's family, they revealed this week that Brian had bipolar disease. We're still waiting to learn whether that or something else caused his disorientation Tuesday.
Cardall's funeral is on Monday.
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UTROY
Proverbs 21:19 (why I hunt!)
Right call?
Cardall Family Has Tapes Of Fatal Encounter With Cops
Reported by: Fields Moseley
Last Update: 9:53 pm
Print Story | Share this Story
Brian Cardall with his wife, Anna and daughter, Ava. (Courtesy: Paul Cardall) The attorney for Hurricane City says the family of Brian Cardall has dispatch and police recordings of what happened Tuesday. Cardall's family says he was on State Road 59 when he became disoriented. He got out of the car and his wife called police for help. A Hurricane police officer used a Taser on him. Cardall died a short time later.
Duane Cardall, Brian's father, said the family has listened to the tapes released by the Washington County Critical Task Force to the family. But even after that, they don't feel there is anyway a stun-gun should have been used.
Brian Cardall was working toward his PhD at Northern Arizona University in molecular ecology. He was driving with his wife and daughter back to Arizona Tuesday when he became disoriented.
In a press release late Friday afternoon... Peter Stirba, attorney for Hurricane City, said dispatch recordings reveal: "Ms. Cardall reports to dispatch that Mr. Cardall has taken all his clothes off and is naked, she is afraid he is going to jump in front of a car, and that he is chasing after cars that have pulled over to help, and she is afraid he will 'freak out' on one of them."
Stirba also said, Cardall received more than 20 verbal commands to get down on the ground.
The Cardall family later issued a statement saying: "While Mr. Stirba may have provided his interpretation of the recordings in his Friday afternoon news release, we feel he has omitted numerous highly significant facts, which we feel the public should know."
The family plans to release the tapes as early as next week, but stands firm that a Taser should never have been used on Brian in this situation.
"I wouldn't be using it if I thought it was going to cause a problem," said Sgt. Nick Roberts of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office. "Those officers are second guessing themselves probably, and that's sad."
Sergeant Roberts couldn't speak to what happened in Washington County, but he has trained hundreds of officers and deputies to use electronic control devices like the Taser. He said the devices are saving lives, and are far less dangerous than fighting or wrestling.
"The more we can keep the officer and the suspect apart, the more we can prevent injuries to both parties," said Roberts.
That is a relatively new tactic in law enforcement which has been helped along by electronic control devices like the Taser.
As for Brian Cardall's family, they revealed this week that Brian had bipolar disease. We're still waiting to learn whether that or something else caused his disorientation Tuesday.
Cardall's funeral is on Monday.
Copyright 2009 Four Points. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
UTROY
Proverbs 21:19 (why I hunt!)
