A Springville Police officer is accused of dishonesty involving a case that happened nine months before she reported her sergeant for misconduct. A 2News Invest
igation uncovered visual evidence Sgt. Kenneth Eley failed to tell Officer Kati Powell , on July 14, 2023, the suspect she pulled over for speeding and was investigating for DUI , due to the smell of marijuana, and he was there as her superior officer as back-up, disclosed to him that he had a traumatic brain injury. igation uncovered visual evidence Sgt.
Powell says she was fired from Springville Police immediately after reporting police misconduct and sexual harassment. The body camera video clearly shows Sgt. Eley failed to tell her Monfredi had a TBI and even assisted in the standardized field sobriety testing of Monfredi who became extremely emotional and said his encounters with police were making him want to end his own life.
Our investigation also found Sgt. Eley failed to activate his body camera throughout the entire traffic stop with Monfredi, which is a violation of department policy. Had it not been for Powell’s body camera there would have been no evidence showing Monfredi disclosed this to Eley. When Powell took evidence of potential Brady Material – misconduct by Eley to her superior’s evidence 2News Investigates obtained shows - it was ignored. In fact, nothing was done until 2News Investigates requested the video. Powell says she confided in Sgt. Teuscher and her supplemental report shows she declared the existence of exculpatory evidence. She says, “A TBI for a DUI investigation is exculpatory and we’re required to provide all exculpatory information.
“Behavior in which you would fail to disclose, you would fail to support a co-worker because of their gender is a consistent behavior that occurs throughout the country,” says Burbank. And even though she reported it to Sgt. Teuscher and to Lieutenant Jeremy Leonard – the audit trail reveals not a single person viewed it until 2News Investigates requested the body camera footage on February 26, 2024, and in 57 minutes of the request Chief Haight looked at Powell’s body camera footage and two days later denied the request.
As you know, we are unable to comment on personnel issues related to specific employees. We can, however, say that pursuant to department policy we investigate all allegations of misconduct against our personnel.
Sexual Harassment Police Misconduct Body Camera Sgt. Kenneth Eley Officer Kati Powell DUI Traumatic Brain Injury
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