An Aboriginal man who was tasered 13 times by police officers at East Perth Watch House forwarded a written apology nearly a month later to the West Australian police commissioner.
WA Police Union boss Russell Armstrong said 41-year-old Kevin Spratt wrote to the police commissioner a month after he was brought into the East Perth Watch House just after 11 (WST) one August night in 2008.
The WA corruption watchdog on Monday revealed Mr Spratt was first tasered 11 times after refusing to comply to a strip search.
An officer then yelled "do you want to go again" and Mr Spratt was tasered another two times.
Mr Armstrong said Mr Spratt wrote a letter to the police commissioner on September 26 stating he didn't want the officers disciplined and he apologised for his actions.
A spokesman for the WA police commissioner confirmed a letter had been received.
"Mr Spratt is now coming out saying he had memory loss and back pain and he's suffered for two years," Mr Armstrong told Fairfax Radio.
"I can tell you, a month later he certainly apologised to the commissioner and the officers for his behaviour and his behaviour is normal for a person who has a violent history."
But, on Wednesday, Mr Spratt said he was disgusted by the WA officers' actions during the August 2008 incident.
The two officers responsible have so far escaped criminal prosecution but have been fined a combined total of $1950 following a police disciplinary hearing into the incident.
Mr Spratt said he was disgusted the two officers had not been stood down.
"They don't deserve to hold a weapon like that if they're just going to use it like it's a water pistol," he told the West Australian.
"It's humiliating for me and disgusting."
In its report, the WA Corruption and Crime Commission found the father of seven did not remember the incident and, therefore, would not be able to give evidence in court.
It has also been revealed that a week after Mr Spratt was tasered by police officers, he was subjected to similar treatment by corrective service officers.
Department of Corrective Services have confirmed Mr Spratt was tasered 11 times on September 6 when they tried to "extract" him from his cell at the East Perth Lockup.
"The prisoner was said to be acting in an irrational and violent way. He was in an observation cell and unrestrained," a spokesman said.
According to the department, Mr Spratt refused to co-operate with the officer despite "verbal negotiations and clear instructions to allow officers to restrain him".
"He did not obey these instructions and continued trying to bite and otherwise injure the officers and resisted all attempts to restrain him even when the team entered the cell."
The department reviewed the incident and deemed the actions taken by the staff were "appropriate and in accordance with current policies and procedures in regards to this incident," the spokesman said.
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