One officer testified that the officers had pointed their stun guns at each other as “a joke at times,” but was it wasn’t loaded with a cartridge so could not discharge.

Alberta’s police watchdog says that while pointing an unloaded stun gun at a fellow employee might not be a crime, it is no joking matter.

ASIRT assistant executive director Matthew Block says no action will be taken, but that doesn’t mean it was acceptable behaviour.

“There is evidence of misuse of conducted energy weapons in Elk Point detachment. Such matters are outside of the scope of ASIRT and are more properly dealt with by the RCMP internally.”

A civilian employee complained that on several occasions she was aware a stun gun had been pointed at her because she could see a red dot on her body.