DENVER (KDVR) — The College of Colorado Boulder Police Division requested an investigative assessment of a case the place a person fought with officers, skilled a medical emergency whereas en path to a hospital and died days later at that hospital.
The company mentioned Thursday it requested the investigation of the Dec. 27 incident from the Boulder County Investigation Staff “out of an abundance of warning.”
The multi-agency BCIT investigates use-of-force incidents by peace officers whereby lethal or doubtlessly lethal bodily pressure was exerted. CUPD mentioned that the incident on Dec. 27 didn’t meet the standards for an investigation by BCIT, however requested the investigation anyway.
“I recognize the CU Police Division alerting the Boulder County Investigation Staff and the District Legal professional’s Workplace to this tragic demise,” mentioned Boulder County District Legal professional Michael Dougherty in a press launch. “Though it’s not required by regulation or coverage, I absolutely assist CU’s request for the BCIT to research the circumstances surrounding the arrest, remedy, and eventual demise of this particular person. The BCIT will conduct an goal, impartial, and thorough investigation. After the District Legal professional’s Workplace opinions the investigation, the findings will probably be shared with the neighborhood.”
Based on CUPD, the case started round 8:15 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, on the Middle for Innovation and Creativity on Exposition Drive. Officers had been referred to as to the world for a male suspect who was reportedly tampering with an exterior electrical field on the surface of the constructing and in addition tried to interrupt right into a automotive within the space.
Officers reported the suspect was “performing erratically” once they arrived on scene. They mentioned the suspect refused to observe instructions and “fought with officers.” CUPD took the suspect into custody, the place he continued to withstand officers.
CUPD requested support from the Boulder Police Division, which responded, as did American Medical Response, resulting from an harm to a CUPD officer “and the continued erratic habits of the suspect,” in line with a CUPD launch. The AMR paramedics handled the suspect on the scene and transported him to Boulder Group Hospital.
Through the transport, the suspect “skilled a medical emergency” and was subsequently admitted to the hospital. The suspect died on Sunday, Dec. 29, and police mentioned methamphetamine was present in his possession. The Boulder County Coroner’s Workplace will decide the reason for demise, CUPD reported.
