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SEATTLE — New bodycam footage released by the Seattle Police Department (SPD) Monday afternoon detailed remarks an officer made about another officer whose cruiser killed a woman in a collision in January.
A Seattle police officer was traveling at 74 miles per hour just before his police cruiser struck and killed Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, in an intersection in January, according to a case investigation report.
The officer, who has not been charged with a crime, was responding to an emergency call and was in a 25 mph zone at the time of the collision. Kandula had the right of way and was struck by the cruiser at approximately 63 mph, according to the report.
In the body camera footage published on Monday, Seattle Police Officer Daniel Auderer, who was not involved in the January collision, was captured in the video saying, "but she is dead" and laughing while on the phone.
"She was 26 anyway," Auderer said in the video. "She had limited value."
Auderer is also the vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, which is the largest law enforcement labor union in the Northwest.
Police said a department employee identified the body cam video and notified leadership of their concerns. The Office of Police Accountability is investigating the footage.
Edited by Ace at 15:58:39 on 09/12/23