side pictures of you on april 11th, correct? yes. and your taser is pictured on left side of your duty belt, correct? yes. and that s the way you had been care telling for years and years, correct? yes. and your firearm you carried on the right side of your duty belt, right? yes. and you agree that the standard procedure for reaction side, left hand draw for your toyser in this case would be to draw that weapon with your left hand, correct? yes. all right. you can take that down. you were asked some questions on direct about spark testing, the function testing of the taser. the policy says that you should do that before the beginning of every shift, right? yes. and you didn t do it the last two shifts that you worked,
yes. and how does that gun come out of that holster? it would rock forward? how do you full with your hand out of your holster? it would rock forward and you would pull it out? and the taser, on the other hand, you would press the button, rocked it backward and pull it out, correct? yes. all right. if we could take that down. thank you. now you testified that you have never deployed your taser or your firearm while on duty on the street, correct? not that i recall. i know for sure my firearm. okay. but you have drawn your taser multiple times while on duty, correct? several times? and you said that you did that as a way to de-escalate. i believe that was your
operate and train that taser in order to be certified to use, it correct? yes. and you went through that hands-on process of turning on that taser and safely handling that process in order to be certified, correct? in march. and before that you had had an x26-p, correct? yes. and that taser also had a laser and a safety and things like that, right? yes. the screen that turned on. yes. and the taser that was the taser that you had been carrying for years before. yes. so i m going to put on the screen next to each other please exhibits 210 and exhibit 212. this is a picture side by
you were told that. yes. and you signed documentation every yore that you certified that you acknowledged knowing the risks and received the materials required for you to carry that tears, correct? yes. i signed the documents. now in terms of the carrying of these weapons, reaction side means what for you? that would be my left hand. okay. you re right-handed? yes. so carrying a taser you have done for years on your left side, correct? yes. and your firearm you carry on your right side? on my right side. how many years do you carry your firearm and taser that way? my firearm for 26 years and my taser according to your documents for 19. so as long as you ve had that taser you carried it on your left side, correct? in the beginning i carried it on my right side in a drop holster.
and uneventful day, right? i would think so. it was a sunday. i m going to put on the screen exhibits 27 and 28 next to each other, please. all right. miss potter on the screen our exhibits 224 and 178. you would agree that these are photos of yours taser and firearm respectsively, yes? my firearm for sure. i m not sure if that was the taser taken that day. i assume yes. you carried a taser 7 on that day? yes. and that s what in this picture. yes. now these items look different, don t they? yes. your honor, argumentive.