Colette Bordelon is a reporter with Denver7.
DENVER — At the beginning of June, a woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two Denver police officers after her 24-year-old daughter was killed during a police pursuit that violated Denver Police Department policy.
“She had this really unique laugh that, you could recognize it was her," McHone said with a smile. “She wanted to go to college for technology. That was what she was trying to do, but she kind of was getting her life together, too.”“I found out later, bits and pieces of everything, and I didn't know that there was any kind of chase or anything until I saw it on the news," McHone explained.
The disciplinary letters state both officers were found to have violated Denver PD policy when they chased after Livingston. They were also disciplined for telling their supervisor they did not pursue the car before it crashed. The officers told their supervisor they lost sight of the car quickly and did not activate their emergency equipment because they were only"looking for it." The report states that their supervisor repeatedly asked the officers if they chased the vehicle, and they denied doing so.
“No evidence that this particular Kia Soul was stolen. No evidence that the driver was wanted or anything. They just started chasing her at quite a high rate of speed," Viorst said. “You can break the traffic laws if you're an emergency vehicle, but you still have to use reasonable care even under those circumstances. But here, there wasn't an emergency. I mean, and that's really the whole point.
A short time later, data shows the patrol car traveling at approximately 76 miles an hour, just around a block south of where Livingston crashed. Both officers stated they did not see anything that indicated a crash.
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