Dispatcher who handled deadly Observatory Park call is fired

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Denver Post

Dispatcher who handled deadly Observatory Park call is fired

By Jordan Steffen
The Denver Post

Posted: 06/09/2014 12:52:56 PM MDT6 Comments
Updated: 06/09/2014 02:15:04 PM MDT

The Denver dispatcher accused of failing to share important details with police officers responding to Kristine A. Kirk's 911 call from her Observatory Park home has been fired, officials said Monday.

The dispatcher, who has not been named, was fired on Friday following a review of their handling of the call which turned out to be a fatal shooting, according to Daelene Mix, a spokeswoman for the Denver Department of Public Safety.

Kirk called 911 on the evening of April 14, reporting that her husband, Richard Kirk, was hallucinating. The dispatcher did not tell the officer responding to the home that Kirk's behavior was becoming increasingly erratic, that he was asking his wife to shoot him and trying to grab a handgun.

Kristine was on the phone for nearly 13 minutes before Kirk allegedly shot her in the head.




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[cosmicone]

1. Good n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Handguns in the home for security.

Not.

[mikeysnot]

3. So who is the good guy

and was he law-abiding?

[packman]

4. Up to the moment

he pulled the trigger. In fact, almost all these nuts are law abiding citizens which the NRA is so proud of crowing about - again, up to the moment they pull that trigger

[24601]

5. Did the Denver Post's update change the headline? As linked, it reads, "Dispatcher who

handled deadly Observatory Park call, resigns" [sic]

It reports that the department withdrew her termination action that was initiated and instead accepted her resignation.

[Judi Lynn]

6. I always copy and paste the headline as it appears. Rules. n/t

Last edited Tue Jun 10, 2014, 02:32 AM - Edit history (1)

[24601]

7. So the Denver post changed their headline? That's what i was asking. When I opened the

link you attached, it was different and seemed to be incomplete or poorly written.

All I have to go on is the link from the original post. The Denver post doesn't show if it was changed. Hence my question.