Edmonton Police Watch

Five years after zapping a teen burglary suspect with a Taser, Edmonton police Const. Todd Hudec is set to get on with his life, now that his disciplinary hearing has concluded.

Yesterday, the internal police hearing ended with Hudec being suspended without pay for 20 hours in connection to the Dec. 24, 2003, zapping of a 15-year-old boy.

Hudec, 34, admitted failing to document using the stun gun. He also confessed to failing to obtain medical attention for the teen. He also neglected to complete a controlled tactics report.

Two charges of insubordination were withdrawn.

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EDMONTON – An Edmonton police officer accused of misusing his Taser on a 15-year-old boy in 2003 pleaded not guilty at his disciplinary hearing Thursday.

Const. Todd Hudec is charged with two counts of discreditable conduct and three counts of insubordination under the provincial Police Act. His two-day hearing is scheduled for March 5 and 6.

In 2006, the boy had his break-and-enter charges stayed after a judge found a “shocking abuse of police powers.” But when criminal assault charges were brought against Hudec in 2007, he was acquitted.

The teen testified Hudec showed him the Taser while he was in the back of the police car and threatened to use it when they got to the station. He says Hudec showed it to him again, then used it on his leg while he was being strip-searched.

He testified Hudec said, “This is for lying to the police.”

Hudec testified he used the Taser after the teen became aggressive while officers were trying to search him. The boy told police he was unarmed, but a pat-down uncovered an eight-inch dagger and two smaller knives. During Hudec’s assault trial, Provincial Court Judge Ray Bradley said it was the boy’s lies that tipped the balance and made Hudec’s use of force “not unreasonable.”

The insubordination charges stem from Hudec’s alleged failure to get medical attention for the boy and to properly document the incident.

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