Superintendent Apologizes After 8-Year-Old Student Handcuffed
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TEMPLE, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas school administrator has apologized to the family of an 8-year-old boy who was briefly handcuffed by a police officer trying to calm him.
Belton Independent School District Superintendent Susan Kincannon also says it's not district practice "to call police for unruly elementary students."
The boy's stepfather says the second-grader takes medication for a hyperactivity disorder.
School officials Tuesday summoned Temple Police to Pirtle Elementary about a boy having an emotional crisis, throwing chairs and books and hitting people.
Officer Shawana Neely said Wednesday that the officer tried to calm the student before putting adult-size handcuffs on the boy's hands, placed behind his back. Neely says the cuffs were too big and fell off.
The officer stayed with the boy until his family arrived.
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