Police officer cleared in taser case vs Red Sox fan at Trop

ST. PETERSBURG --9/23/08-"Police officer Pat McGovern violated no rules when his Taser appeared to touch the back of

• a Red Sox fan's head during a Sept. 17 scuffle with police and security officers

• at Tropicana Field, police said today.

Officers cannot intentionally aim or fire their Taser guns at the head, but spokesman Bill Proffitt said McGovern’s superiors decided he "unintentionally'' aimed it at Chris Sciesinski.

• Police say a drunk and disorderly Sciesinski tried to jump onto the field

• when he was tackled by security.

A St. Petersburg Times photo of the skirmish in earned him minor infamy.

• But police said more
• photos of the incident on tampabay.com
• show how much trouble officers had arresting an unruly Sciesinski."...

photo of Red Sox fan and Trop Security man, Tampa Tribune

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