'She was 26 anyway, she had limited value,' the officer says in the video released Monday.
KIRO 7 News StaffSEATTLE — Newly-released bodycam footage shows a Seattle police officer audibly laughing and joking on a phone call shortly after an incident where a fellow officerThe officer on the call is identified as Seattle Police Officers’ Guild Vice President Daniel Audere. In it, Auderer can be heard talking through the incident where 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula was hit by Officer Kevin Dave.
Shortly after saying “she’s dead,” Auderer laughs and says “it’s a regular person,” referring to Kandula. He then says “just write a check -- $11,000, she was 26 anyway, she had limited value.” Auderer also mentions that Dave was “going 50 [miles an hour],” stating how “that’s not out of control” for a trained driver. A report
revealed that Dave was actually traveling at 74 miles an hour in a 25 mile an hour zone while responding to a different call.According to , the video of Auderer’s call “was identified in the routine course of business by a department employee,” and was escalated to Chief Adrian Diaz. It was then referred to the Office of Police Accountability for a full investigation.The video was released to SPD’s YouTube page and can be viewed in full below.
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