A man has died during an arrest in a South Australian town.
Police say the 44-year-old man threatened officers with a metal pole before a Taser was used in Clare in the Clare Valley, about 130 kilometres north of Adelaide.
Police say the 44-year-old man threatened officers with a metal pole before a taser was used in Clare in the Clare Valley, 136 km north of Adelaide. 9News
Police were called to the street at 12.30pm today to reports of a man armed with a pole damaging property.
Assistance Commissioner David O’Donovan said police used a Taser after the man threatened them but it was “ineffective”.
“Police were then involved in going hands-on with the offender,” he said.
“And obviously during the arrest it was then that he became unresponsive.”
Police gave first aid but he died.
Investigations are under way.