'LESS-LETHAL' ARMS EMPLOYED IN ARREST.Byline: Joseph Giordono Staff Writer THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Deputies used a bean-bag gun to subdue sub·due tr.v. sub·dued, sub·du·ing, sub·dues 1. To conquer and subjugate; vanquish. See Synonyms at defeat. 2. To quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make tractable. 3. a 35-year-old transient armed with a large wooden stake who was trying to break into a Regina Avenue home, authorities said Friday. Eric Sellmeyer was arrested on suspicion of attempted illegal entry, brandishing a weapon and resisting arrest resisting arrest n. the crime of using physical force (no matter how slight in the eyes of most law enforcement officers) to prevent arrest, handcuffing and/or taking the accused to jail. , and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Deputy Brad Guzzard, officers responding to a call of an intruder found Sellmeyer in the back yard of the home, trying to force his way inside. The deputy called for backup and was joined by a K-9 unit and a special unit of officers armed with ``less-lethal'' weapons, Guzzard said. Sellmeyer ignored orders to drop his weapon, and advanced toward deputies in a threatening manner, Guzzard said. Sellmeyer was shot several times with a bean-bag gun, which stopped his advance, although he did not drop his weapon. Sgt. Mike De Los Santos De Los Santos is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning of the saints.
``The 'less-lethal' policy is one of the new levels of our force options, and the deputies did well to use it,'' Guzzard said. ``I think it will come into play more and more in the years to come, as it gives a greater chance of having safer outcomes for everyone involved.'' |
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