A Colorado sheriff's officer has been suspended for using an inmate for target practice with his taser gun.

A Chaffee County sheriff's officer was suspended Tuesday and could be fired for allegedly using an inmate for Taser practice at a training session. Detentions officer Scott Glenn was placed on administrative leave after an investigation by Sheriff Tim Walker, the same day the sheriff learned of the allegation from The Denver Post.

"It was extremely poor judgment," Walker said. "There's no way a detention officer should ever use an inmate in that capacity."

Thomas Montoya, a prisoner serving an 18-month sentence from a probation violation relating to a 1999 domestic-violence-related assault, said he was shocked with a Taser during a sheriff's training class on Oct. 17, 2003. "Imagine 50,000 volts traveling through your body. Would it hurt?" said Montoya, who suffered no injury but said he was left with a burn mark.

We say fire the bum.