DENVER (AP) — An audit says the Denver police’s response time was slightly less than normal in the case of a woman who was shot and killed 13 minutes into her 911 call.
City Auditor Dennis Gallagher said Thursday the response to the April 14 call was about a minute less than the average for similar domestic-disturbance calls last year.
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Kristine Kirk (credit: CBS)
Kristine Kirk pleaded with a dispatcher to send officers because her husband was hallucinating after consuming marijuana-infused candy and possibly pain pills.
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Police say the dispatcher failed to tell officers Richard Kirk was getting a gun from a safe. Kristine Kirk was dead when officers arrived. The dispatcher was fired earlier this month.
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