Reports released in stun gun incident

WAUPACA COUNTY - In a Waupaca County Taser incident, we've learned an 85-year-old man resisted a police officer, and was warned before the officer used his stun gun on the man, according to police reports FOX 11 obtained. However, the man's daughter says she has never known her father to be violent.

On the morning of Feb. 22, a Waupaca County sheriff's deputy responded to a call about an 85-year-old man walking near the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King. The state Department of Veterans Affairs told FOX 11 the man was distraught that morning, and combative.

A report filed by the Waupaca County deputy involved in the case says the man initially cooperated with some of his requests, but not all of them. The deputy's report says the veteran followed him to his vehicle and he continued to escort the veteran with both hands on the veteran's right arm. The deputy says he removed the cartridge from the Taser and warned the veteran he may use it if the man didn't listen. In his report, the deputy says the man would not put his hands behind his back, so the deputy used the taser. The deputy's report says he had to use the taser twice to gain control of the man.

After that, the veteran complied with the police officer to get on the ground.

The sheriff's department says the deputy's actions were warranted, but one woman who saw the incident disagrees.

"I actually had to hold back tears," said Kim Lick, a witness to the incident. "It was very, I felt, a violent act. The officer wasn't even at the scene for - I'll give him the benefit of the doubt - five minutes. And he's aggressively restraining this elderly confused man. And that was very bothersome to me because of the Taser, because of the aggressiveness, because I knew deep down with a little bit of common sense that this elderly man had no clue what was going on, no clue."

The man's daughter told FOX 11 she believes the sheriff's department was out of line, and her father has never been a violent person.

Sandy Adaglio told FOX 11, "He is not that steady on his feet. If he hits you he could probably leave a bruise on you, but he's not that steady on his feet to take on an officer in a fistfight. I don't see that happening."

The man's daughter says he is doing okay now. She also says after the incident, he went through an evaluation, and missed his wife's funeral as a result.

The Waupaca County Sheriff's Department has refused FOX 11's request for an interview related to this incident.