On Thursday , the District Attorney ’s office of Pueblo , Colorado officiallydropped felony drug and weaponspossession billing against a 36 - year - honest-to-goodness valet de chambre after an officeholder admitted tofaking torso photographic camera footageof a search of his gondola .
In November of last year , the man ’s fomite was pulled over and search . According to constabulary , Officer Seth Jensen found seven Gram of heroin and a small-arm in the car . The man was then arrested , charged , and detained pending trial . After a preliminary auditory modality this March , however , Jensen texted Pueblo ’s surrogate district attorney , Anne Mayer and revealed the body River Cam footage submitted as evidence was staged .
PerThe Pueblo Chieftain , here ’s the text interchange :
In the text content , which were obtained by The Pueblo Chieftain , Mayer writes , “ You ’ll have to watch your body cam before the motions to ensure the story and camera are the same . ”
Jensen respond back , enjoin , “ For the search , the body cam show different than the written report because it was . Prior to turning my soundbox cam on I conducted the search . Once I plant the ( expletive concern to evidence ) , I stepped back , call ( a fellow officeholder ) , then activated my body cam and walk the tourist court through it . ”
Mayer then replied back , “ Was that in the report ? If not you ’ve got to write a supplement explaining that your physical structure cam was off during the search and that the body cam that does live is a reenactment . ”
Jensen admits to searching the railcar before ever turning on his body camera . Once he found the artillery and describe quantity of diacetylmorphine , Jensen claims he then scream over another officer , flex on his camera , and reenact the search .
In a missive to the The Pueblo Chieftain , the former defendant ’s attorney wrote that “ all indications in the discovery and during his testimonial at the preliminary hearing indicate that the body photographic camera footage really present the episode of events as they developed regarding the lookup . ” The attorney evidence Ars TechnicaJensen sounds “ surprised”in the picture , which would naturally make the viewer think it was a first search . The instance has been dismissed .
The Pueblo PD ’s body television camera insurance policy gives officeholder personal discretion on when to record in many situations . Policy expertsgenerally disagreewith this practice , say police department should clearly delineatespecifically when officerscan and ca n’t record . Jensen is presently being investigated to see if his actions violated Pueblo PD ’s policy .
[ Ars TechnicaviaPueblo Chieftain ]
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