Gaspard v. City of Abbeville

AMY, Judge.

|,The appellant was discharged from her position as a police officer after an incident in which a student was struck by a Taser flechette during a classroom demonstration. The officer appeals that termination. For the following reasons, we reverse.

Factual and Procedural Background

In September 2010, Officer Julie Gas-pard of the City of Abbeville Police Department was assigned to serve as a school *1255resource officer at a middle school. While serving in that capacity, the plaintiff visited a sixth grade classroom and attempted to demonstrate the operation of her Taser to the students.…