Globe Sergeant who tasered a mentally ill woman faced termination at his prior police department
The ABC15 Investigators have found a history of problematic behavior from an Arizona police sergeant who was disciplined last year for tasering a mentally ill woman.
and last updated 2021-04-16 23:33:13-04
The ABC15 Investigators have found a history of problematic behavior from an Arizona police sergeant who was disciplined last year for tasering a mentally ill woman.
Sgt. Jeffrey Overton, who had worked only one year in Globe, was investigating a possible domestic violence situation in September 2020. He and other officers entered Memory Burns apartment, without a warrant, to investigate. Officers cornered her in her bedroom, tasered her, and arrested her. Memory Burns, 35, had committed no crime that night, did not have a weapon, and was home alone.