DETROIT - A Belleville, Mich., father faces up to four years in prison after police say he used his 2-year-old daughter as a human shield to avoid being shocked with a Taser by an officer.

Jesse Cox, 27, faces a preliminary examination Thursday on charges including second-degree child abuse, a four-year felony, and home invasion in the Saturday incident in Warren, Mich.

"It's disturbing for sure," Warren Police Sgt. Heidi Metz said about the incident. "And it's his own child. It's not like it's somebody else's child."

Cox broke through the screen door at his ex-wife's home about 3:30 p.m. EDT when she refused to let him in, Metz said. She called police, who then ordered Cox outside.

He refused and argued with officers, who were in the doorway telling him they were going to arrest him for breaking in.

"He takes what we call a fighting stance, clenched his fist, and that's when one of the officers pulled out his Taser," Metz said.

The officer pointed the Taser at Cox, who picked up his daughter and held her in front of him, Metz said. Officers grabbed Cox by the arm and the child's mother grabbed the girl, he said. Officers wrestled Cox to the ground, Metz said.

He was arraigned Monday in 37th District Court in Warren, Metz said. His bond was set at $15,000 cash or surety.