A department in my county went to a report of gas in the residence that was a two family house. When they arrived they the upstairs family who called met the Chief at the curb. The Chief asks" is every one out of the residence?" the family states "upstairs yes in down stairs no there is still a person in there". The Chief goes to the rear for the entrance to the downstairs apartment and is met by an intoxicated male who insists that he is not going to leave his residence and starts cursing out the Chief, the Chief turns to the guy to ask again to leave the residence the gentleman slams the door closed. The Chief the returns to his vehicle to make sure the Police unit is enroute and to advise of the non compliance of the resident.
Upon arrival of the Police unit the Chief escorts to officer to the entrance where they meet the gentleman again screaming and cursing at them that "it is his house and they can't come in and he's not leaving". After several warning's the officer draws his taser out of his holster and draws down on the belligerent gentleman; and starts to warn him to exit the building and marks the person with the laser part to show the person that he means business. He warns the person several more times, and gives the person the ultimatum, leave or I will taser you. The officer then turns to the fire chief and asks if I due this will this make the house explode? or start afire? The fire chief states I am not sure but I would not due it. The officer then holstered the taser and awaited his back up to try and talk the person out of the residence. While this was happening the gas company found the leak in the common basement area and fixed the issue. So my question if the officer fired the taser could that have made the situation worse??