San Marcos Chief of Police Stan Standridge has asked the Texas Rangers to investigate the unauthorized use of a taser by a former San Marcos Police Department sergeant.
Standridge has asked the Texas Rangers to review the unauthorized use of a taser against a San Marcos citizen by then-Sgt. Ryan Hartman, according to documents obtained by Caldwell-Hays Examiner and shared with the Daily Record.
“I sustained misconduct against then-Sergeant Ryan Hartman, which resulted in a suspension,” Standridge wrote in an email to Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Ranger Jose Rodriguez. “Yesterday I received the attached external complaint. To my knowledge, the citizen who was tazed never filed a complaint with the Department, nor the District Attorney’s Office. I have since learned that the DA dropped the criminal charge(s) against the citizen. At question is whether Ryan Hartman committed an offense when he used the Taser.”
