Assailant Disabled With Taser

Rangers were notified of a disturbance at the park lodge just after 2 a.m. on Thursday, November 2nd. Ranger Scott Engelhardt arrived to find a visibly intoxicated man threatening others in the area. When Engelhardt attempted to intervene, the six-foot, three-inch man swing at him, forcing the ranger to use an arm bar to control him. When he continued to resist. Engelhardt used a touch stun to put him on the ground and make an arrest. The case has been closed with guilty pleas entered by the defendant and a review by Ranger Activities in Intermountain Region. Engelhardt was in a similar situation last year prior to taser training and ended up on the ground with the man he was attempting to arrest. After this instance, he noted that a taser “can be a great tool to increase officer safety.”