Officer investigated in death of patient was fired from police department after Taser incident

[Heidi]

Chattanooga Times Free Press
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009

The Erlanger hospital security officer who allegedly used a Taser to stun a patient who later died was fired from the Chattanooga Police Department in 2005 after he stunned a suspect in handcuffs.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the role of Erlanger hospital Officer Shane Webb in connection with the death of Edward Buckner, 54, TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm confirmed today.

On Monday, the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office asked that the TBI look into Friday’s incident, Ms. Helm said.

Officer Webb was terminated from the Chattanooga Police Department on Feb. 11, 2005, for undue force and treating a prisoner improperly in the parking lot of Kanku’s on 20th Street after a high-speed chase, according to a Chattanooga police internal affairs investigation.

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