Chief Bob Ticer announced that three officers involved in the arrest or booking of 73-year-old Karen Garner are no longer employed by the department.
Officer Austin Hopp Officer Daria Jalali Community service officer Tyler Blackett Ticer did not specify if the officers were fired or resigned, but he said he was involved in that "process."
I hope that they got fired, but probably not. So many times, officers "resign" so that they don't have a bad work history. If they are fired and law enforcemnt credentials cancelled, it's harder for them to get another job.
The city is probably hoping saying they're sorry will make it all go away....it won't. Maybe some short term lessening of public criticism, but this is not going away. A federal lawsuit was already filed.
From the article: The Loveland Police Chief announced personnel changes Friday after the department was accused in a federal lawsuit of forcefully arresting and injuring an elderly woman with dementia last summer.
and
“We failed and we are very sorry for that,” Ticer said. "What you saw on the video was not the Loveland Police Department. It hurt to see that.”
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
