The statement included what the Seattle Police Officers Guild identified as a letter Auderer wrote to the director of the Office of Police Accountability.
In the letter, Auderer said he was on the phone with Union President Mike Solan after he arrived at the scene of the crash to assess whether Officer Dave was impaired. Dave was being evaluated after hitting and killing Kandula when she was in a crosswalk.
SPOG noted the comments were “horrifying and has no place in a civil society” when taken out of context. “The video captures only one side of the conversation,” the letter also reads. “There is much more detail and nuance that has not been made public yet.”
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