NSW police officer 'used excessive force'

By Jodie Stephens
Updated September 20 2018 - 5:26pm, first published 5:24pm

A Byron Bay police officer who tasered a teenage boy and struck him with a baton at least 19 times should potentially be charged with assault and sacked, the state's police watchdog has found.

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