Deputy's Taser Used On Security Guard At Epcot Center

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. --

An Orange County deputy is under an internal investigation. He's accused of loaning his taser to a friend, who in turn shot someone with it while joking around. It all unfolded on Disney property and, despite the investigation, Deputy Eric Jaros is still on duty.

The sheriff's office just started investigating, but typically policy violations can be anything from verbal reprimand on up, depending on how severe investigators consider it. They know that taser was discharged by someone else inside a security office at Walt Disney World.

When it comes to Orange County Sheriff's Office procedures, what happened last week at the Walt Disney World amusement park Epcot is anything but amusing.

"The deputy was working a law enforcement function, but it was an off-duty detail," said Capt. Angelo Nieves, Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Eyewitness News has learned, while working that off-duty detail at Epcot, Deputy Eric Jaros is accused of allowing a park security officer to use his department issued taser. That security officer fired it and struck another Disney security officer.

The Reedy Creek Fire Department was dispatched to provide medical services, but the officer didn't need to be taken to a hospital.

Disney is doing an internal investigation and has placed the employee who fired the taser on leave. The sheriff's office has also launched an internal investigation into the incident, but Jaros remains on the job.

"We're going ahead and do a thorough review, administrative process, to determine what occurred, what exactly the circumstances were," Nieves said.

Jaros works in the tourist corridor that includes Disney and has been with the sheriff's office since 1991. He has the reputation of being an excellent deputy, but the sheriff's office says, unless he was in a tactical situation, it's definitely not okay for a deputy to allow someone else to use any department-issued weapon.

"The non-lethal weapon we provide strictly for their use," Nieves said.

Even though someone was shot with a taser, the sheriff's office said, based on the facts, they have now it does not appear to be a criminal act. Disney says the victim is fine, but there's no word if he wants to pursue criminal charges.

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