The encounter began after police received a 911 call about a “domestic disturbance” involving two people driving a van. An officer pulled over the van on a road heading to Arches National Park after it crossed the double yellow line and struck a curb.
and her fiancé a month before her body was found in Wyoming made several mistakes, an independent review released Wednesday has found.
The independent investigation was conducted after a lawyer filed a formal complaint raising questions about how the incident was handled. One officer wrote in a report that it appeared that the incident was “more accurately categorized as a mental/emotional health ‘break’ than a domestic assault.” State law about domestic violence also would have required a report to be sent to prosecutors, which was not done because the incident was mischaracterized as disorderly conduct, the report says.
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