Seattle police officer fired for ‘cruel comments and callous laughter,’ department says

In a letter to the Seattle Police Department, interim Police Chief Sue Rahr said the “impact” of Officer Daniel Auderer’s actions was “devastating.”

SEATTLE — A Seattle officer has been fired after he was heard joking and making insensitive comments after 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula was struck and killed by another officer responding to an emergency call in January of 2023.

In a letter to the Seattle Police Department, interim Police Chief Sue Rahr said the “impact” of Officer Daniel Auderer’s actions “is so devastating that it cannot be mitigated by his intent to keep his conversation private.”

“The hurt his words have inflicted

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