29 Aug 2010

Police officer investigated over Taser incident at party

12:46 pm on 29 August 2010

A police officer in West Australia is being investigated for reportedly tasering two men at a social gathering as a party trick.

The incident occurred on 23 July, when the woman, an officer at Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region, visited her boyfriend at the party while on duty.

Police say her boyfriend and another man both asked to be shocked with her Taser, and she complied.

The ABC reports the officer has been stood aside from police duties during the investigation.