Last updated at 6:14 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 20, 2006
University police identified the officers involved in a Nov. 14
Taser incident on Monday, naming an officer who has been implicated
in prior cases of police misconduct and use of excessive force.
Terrence Duren, a UCPD officer of 20 years who was not convicted
in any of the cases, was one of four officers who dealt with
Mostafa Tabatabainejad on Tuesday. The student was hit five times
with a Taser after he refused to leave the library after being
asked to do so and resisting the officers when they attempted to
escort him out.
Nancy Greenstein, UCPD director of police community services,
confirmed Duren was among the officers, who included Alexis
Bickamong, Kevin Kilgore and Andrew Ikeda.
In a video taken by a student, Duren was shown using a Taser on
Tabatabainejad, who was stunned with a Taser five times.
This is not the first time Duren, the UCLA Officer of the Year
in 2001, has come into the public eye.
In 2003, Duren shot Willie Davis Frazier Jr., a homeless man
Duren encountered in a Kerckhoff study lounge, following a physical
and verbal altercation.
Compiled by Sara Taylor, Bruin senior staff.