Local Colorado officials have reached an $8.5 million settlement with a woman who was hospitalized in 2022 after being left handcuffed in a police SUV that was then hit by a train.
The city of Fort Lupton and town of Platteville, Colorado, agreed on the settlement with the victim, Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, according to a release from the Fort Lupton Police Department. The settlement amount will be split equally between the town and city and paid by their insurers, according to attorney Eric M. Ziporin, whose office represents the city.
Rios, who was a suspect in a road rage case, survived the September 2022 collision but suffered nine broken ribs, a broken arm and other injuries.
Like this?
Maybe read the article once in awhile
Did you read the post you replied to? They said financially liable. Read through the quote you responded with and tell us where they are held financially liable. They are (rightfully) mad that it’s the taxpayers that are effectively paying out the settlement instead of the police force.
Perhaps you should read it.
Oh, whew, at least it’s not the tax payers! You really got 'im with your crafty reading of the article.
Is this sarcasm? I’m not sure.
Insurance is not free, you pay for it, if you have a claim your premiums go up.
Insurance companies don’t exist because of goodwill, they exist for profit.
edited.
No worries, thanks
30 months of probation?! That’s basically a slap on the wrist. That’s not accountability, that’s doing the absolute minimum to make it LOOK like “see, we’re accountable!”. Dude handcuffed a person in a car on railroad tracks.
And 100 hours of public service… you mean like his job?
Take some overtime and sleep in a cruiser, he’ll have it done in two weeks anyway.