Karen Garner Arrest: 3 Loveland Police Officers Lose Jobs

Boulder CO

30 April, 2021

2:12 PM

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LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – Three officers who were involved in the arrest of Karen Garner last year have resigned from the Loveland Police Department. Police Chief Bob Ticer made the announcement on Friday morning that Austin Hopp, Daria Jalali and Tyler Blackett are no longer employed by his department, and he issued a public apology. He also made comments about an internal affairs investigation that will be handled by the city "in consultation with a third-party investigator." "We believe that's the right thing to do in this case is have an outside investigator take a look at this case and examine every issue related to policy, procedure and learn from that, and answer many questions that I know that are out there today," he said. The announcement comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding the forceful 2020 arrest of Karen Garner, a 73-year-old woman with dementia. Read the full story at CBS Denver.