Father tasered while holding newborn.

[RICHARD]

I just heard about this story.....The idiot.....Oops!, father was tasered while trying to take his child out of the hospital.

He was trying to take his newborn from the hospital to 'show his relatives'.

From what I understand about the security systems in place for newborns in hospitals -this idiot deserved to be tasered.

The mom was still a patient and had given the jerk permission to take the baby out, as he was heading out of the area, an employee advised him that he shouldn't take the child out of the area.


There are systems in place to keep kids from being abducted or swapped after birth.
When a child is born they are given a matching bracelet that has a 'Shoplifting Tag' on it along with a number that matches the the one on the mother.

There are sensors built into the area that sound an alarm when a person tries to pass that point with a child that is tagged. The bracelet is removed only when the child is being discharged.


Apparently this father was also issued a matching bracelet showing that he was the father, but he was trying to take the child out of the nursery without getting permission or clearance from the staff.

He had a confrontation with two security officers and was tased while holding the baby in his arms. The child was dropped on his head and suffered no serious injuries.

The 'father/idiot" stated that he was going to sue the hospital, the PD and everyone else involved.


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[caseysmom]

When I had my kids and it was a lot of years ago my sister walked my daughter around in her rolling bassinet thingie and she said the nurses watched her like a hawk. It was very clear that you did not do what that father did.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Well, after all, the security guards didn't know he was really that babies father. Any crook trying to steal a baby can claim to be its parent.
The father's bracelet could have been stolen or false like a false ID.

[caseysmom]

While the baby is in the hospital and not discharged the baby is the hospitals responsibility. I was not allowed to pick my babies up out of the bassinet unless I was in my room, I was not allowed to keep them in my room while I was sleeping, etc.

[critter crazy]

The Baby was dropped on its head??? Poor Baby!! Stupid father. It is very clear, while in the hospital, that the baby is not allowed to leave untill discharged. Why, like normal people, did he not have his relatives come into the hospital???

[lizbud]

Thay should not have done that while he was holding the baby. Two
security people surely could detain him & remove the baby before dealing
with the arrest or whatever of the guy. The baby's safety should come first.

[caseysmom]

The baby could just as easily been dropped in a struggle, this was the father's fault in my opinion.

[ratdogg]

using a taser on someone holding a baby is "stunning"...especially since 2 security officers should be able to physically detain 1 crazed father clutching a baby....

[Lady's Human]

I think there are other methods they could have used.........If they tasered the father, they also tasered the baby.

[pitc9]

I'm glad the baby wasn't hurt!

I just wish the stupid father was dropped on his head instead!!

[Pam]

Thay should not have done that while he was holding the baby. Two
security people surely could detain him & remove the baby before dealing
with the arrest or whatever of the guy. The baby's safety should come first.

I agree completely Liz!! This reminds me of cases where people are rammed into and die because a cop is chasing someone down a highway and they happen to be in the way. The father was an idiot but the person using the taser was a bigger idiot in my opinion. I hope there are no repercussions for the baby from that fall. If so, I would be slapping a lawsuit on them so fast their heads would spin.

[IRescue452]

That's gotta be one tough baby. I'd want them to run so many tests to see it wasn't brain damaged fromt he fall. What a stupid thing to do to a person holding a baby. And I'm sure he wasn't crazed and clutching the baby, he probably just didn't know about all this new security crap they do and was arguing that the baby was his. I'm not sure I'd call him a jerk so quickly.

[cyber-sibes]

While the concern of the hospital was legitiment, I am appalled that they tassered him while he still held the baby! That just doesn't seem right. I hope that little one is alright.

[wombat2u2004]

Thay should not have done that while he was holding the baby. Two
security people surely could detain him & remove the baby before dealing
with the arrest or whatever of the guy. The baby's safety should come first.

Right on Lizbud.....gotta agree with you 100% on that one.
Wom

[RICHARD]

There's always the baton to the fontenel (I know that's spelled wrong). or the scuffle where the baby gets crushed or neck broken. There's mace in the kids eyes, lungs and skin.

MY personal favorite is the dad using the kid as a shield from the .40 caliber slug.

The Thomas A Swift Electric Rifle is a tactical 'weapon'.

If this idiot (I waited one day) refused to go back to the nurse's station and get this thing straightened out god only knows what he would have done...
His error was in standing off with the sec guards and not following hospital protocol-