Aug. 25 (UPI) -- An ex-Maui police officer is facing the possibility of multiple years behind bars for unreasonable force after admitting he used a Taser on an arrestee who was not a threat.
Carlos Frate, a former member of Hawaii's Maui Police Department, on Friday pleaded guilty to a single count of deploying unreasonable force after tasing a citizen during an arrest last year in January.
"Officers who abuse their position of authority to inflict excessive force must be held accountable," stated Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of DOJ's Civil Rights Division.
Frate, 40, initially pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in federal court and was released on a $50,000 bond.
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