Kansas City, Mo. ? Kansas City’s police chief has recommended firing two officers for allegedly misusing a Taser stun gun on a handcuffed man last year.

The officers, David Easley and Matthew Howell, and Chief Jim Corwin met before the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on Wednesday.

The board questioned them about the Aug. 10 arrest of a suspected car thief.

The board expects to make a decision on the case after attorneys give closing arguments.

A camera recorded the officers arresting a 24-year-old Kansas City man last year. When the suspect tried to run, Howell fired the stun gun and hit him in the back. The suspect was then handcuffed.

More shots from the gun followed when the suspect tried to pull an electrode from his back, a procedure police officials say meets department policy. Another jolt was given when the suspect rolled from Howell when he searched him and found a knife.

Before the fifth use of the gun, Easley allegedly told Howell to “hit him again.”

Corwin said that crossed the line and told the board he recommended the officers be fired. Easley, however, was not facing discipline Wednesday.

Corwin said it looked as if the officers were abusing the suspect and punishing him because he didn’t stop talking.

Easley, 34, told the board he was only bluffing and hoped to scare the suspect into cooperating when he said “hit him again.” Howell, 39, testified that he thought the suspect was resisting arrest when he said he wasn’t going to jail.

Larry Rebman, an attorney for the officers, questioned if the department gave adequate training on the stun guns.

Rebman said policies on the devices’ use were changed two months before the incident.