Show Prisoners Prisoner's stun gun injury draws inquiry Richard i ha d w Winton Winton I i J Richard i ha d w Winton Winton Scott Glover Los Angeles Times Los Angeles County sheriffs officials have launched a misconduct investigation into two supervisors wh who authorized the use of a stun gun on a 21 year old year old arrestee because he was unruly and refused to submit to electronic fingerprinting the Los Angeles Times has learned As a result of being shocked with a gun Blake Dupree fell off the top of ofa a jail bunk bed and broke his back The injury has left him temporarily paralyzed and he could b be crippled for life his attorney said According to sheriffs officials Dupree who showed signs of being mentally ill or under the influence of drugs had been generally uncooperative for hours before a lieutenant approved the use of the which delivers a volt shock The investigation into the Feb 27 incident much of it captured on videotape will determine whether the use of the violated department policy Department rules prohibit using the device on persons in danger of falling or becoming entangled in machinery or heavy equipment which c could ul result in death or serious senous bodily injury Des Despite ite the prohibition the p policy does allow for supervisors I i J to to decide whether use of the is warranted on a case-by-case case basis Lt James Jr who authorized the use of the device on Dupree has been reassigned to administrative duties pending the outcome of the investigation sources said A sergeant who delivered the order for the deputy to fire the at Dupree also has been reassigned a former driver and bodyguard for Sheriff Lee Baca received attention last year after the Times disclosed that he organized a game called Operation Any Booking in which deputies competed to see how many people they could arrest The competition was decried by civil libertarians disavowed by Baca and made fun of by Tonight Show host Jay Leno Lena did not return calls seeking comment Baca said his preliminary assessment of the recent incident was that common commonsense commonsense sense should have dictated that using the on Dupree was inappropriate while he was up on the bunk and likely to fall as a result of being shocked Dupree a South Los Angeles resident was arrested Feb 26 on suspicion of carjacking his mothers mother's car Dupree was never charged with carjacking according to a district attorneys attorney's spokesperson |