Attleboro, MA. police officer Richard Pierce Jr. was suspended for allegedly lying about using a taser to subdue a suspect.

The police chief's son, a city patrolman, has been put on paid administrative leave in connection with a tasering incident during an arrest further rattling a department that has been blasted with bad news this year.

Patrolman Richard Pierce Jr., a five-year veteran of the department and the son of Police Chief Richard Pierce, was suspended about the same time his father unexpectedly announced a decision last week to retire at the end of the month.

The younger Pierce was suspended for allegedly lying about using a taser to subdue a suspect in February. He allegedly failed to report the use of the taser, then blamed another officer not involved in the incident.


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