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Mountie charged with assault with a weapon, accused of pointing a taser

Jul 13, 2018 | 8:46 AM

SHERWOOD PARK- RCMP say an officer has been charged with assault with a weapon after a taser was pointed at a municipal employee.

Police say the taser was pointed at the head of a worker last December at the Strathcona County RCMP detachment in Sherwood Park.

The officer is also accused of doing the same thing in December 2015 to the same employee.

Police say no one was physically hurt.