Dyersburg student tased, charged with assaulting an officer after incident at school
DYERSBURG, Tenn. Sept 9 2020 A Dyersburg High School student is in custody after an incident at school Tuesday.
Dyersburg Police Chief Steven Isbell said a school resource officer tased the student following the incident at school, but police haven’t released any other information about the incident.
Per Dyersburg Police Department protocol, paramedics responded to the school to evaluate the juvenile who was later taken to McDowell Center for Children.
The student is charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assaulting an officer.
From Dyersburg Police Department Chief of Police Steven L. Isbell: Following the September 1, 2020 incident at Dyersburg High School, the Dyersburg Police Department released the following statement. The Dyersburg Police Department SRO assigned to the Dyersburg High School charged a juvenile student with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and assault on an officer following an incident this morning at the school. The juvenile was tased by the officer, and per Dyersburg Police protocol, EMS was called to the scene to check the juvenile. The juvenile was placed in the McDowell Center for Children by Dyer County Juvenile Court, pending court action.
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