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I Sunday, April 1, 2007 The Spectrum Dally Newt A5 STATE www.the9pectruiTi.com Grandmother sues police for response to 911 call Associated Press have entered or went and got a key from the manager and entered," said Jerry D. Reynolds, Draney's attorney. South Ogden Police Chief Val Shupe said he would not comment on the lawsuit, but said his department has not changed the way it responds to 911 calls. "We haven't changed any policy or protocol because we feel what our officers did was legit," Shupe said. The lawsuit claims the police department does not have a policy on how to respond to a 911 call.

"Such arbitrary decisionmaking of individual South Ogden police officers proved fatal to Christian," the lawsuit says. It seeks $553,500 in damages from the South Ogden police department. wife with a shotgun then shot himself. Dagnillo left behind a letter saying his wife was leaving him. Medical examiners were not able to determine how Christian died or if he was alive when police knocked on the door.

Draney's lawsuit claims the level of Christian's decomposition indicated he died of starvation or thirst. "We thought they should When police arrived, no one answered the door and there were no signs anyone was home. The dispatcher called the residence back, but there was no answer. The officers then left. Two weeks later, an employee at the apartment complex, responding to a report of a foul odor, found the family dead inside the apartment.

According to police, Dagnillo killed his were found dead in their apartment. Now, Mark Dagnillo's mother, Nancee Draney, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against officers saying they didn't properly investigate a Sept. 2, 2005, 991 call by Dagnillo. On that date, Dagnillo called 911, gave his first name, told a dispatcher medical assistance was needed at the address and hung up. SALT LAKE CITY The grandmother of an infant found dead in a South Ogden apartment has filed a lawsuit saying police officers should have better responded to a 911 call and could have saved the baby from starving to death.

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"It's a tough job. It just got tougher," Brass told the Morning News. "It's an awfully tough job we ask of these (officers). It's a tragedy for his family and the family of the young man who died as well. These are extraordinarily sad cases.

There are no winners no matter what happens." Corbett was traveling 58 mph in a 40 mph zone, according to court documents, although it wasn't clear if he slowed for the intersection. He collided with John Terry Douglas of Tooele, who died at the scene. The officer remains on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal police review. Corbett, who had his lights and sirens on and was rushing to deliver a set of road spikes for other officers, wasn't fully explained, and it wasn't clear what procedures the officer might have violated. Miller didn't respond to an e-mail from The Associated Press on Saturday or a telephone message relayed by her spokesman, prosecutor Robert Stott.

Two Salt Lake City newspapers reported that court papers filed with the misdemeanor negligent homicide charge accuse Corbett of failing to notify a dispatcher he was participating in the chase. Corbett wasn't authorized to respond to the emergency, according to The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret Morning News. But Corbett's attorney, Ed Brass, said dispatchers could not have authorized Corbett to participate in the chase, and it SALT LAKE CITY A police officer was charged with negligent homicide for running a red light in his cruiser and hitting another car in the intersection, killing a 27-year-old commuter. Joseph James Corbett, 31, an officer for the Salt Lake City suburb of Taylorsville, was joining a chase for a man with outstanding warrants in a stolen vehicle who was eventually captured. "Charges against a police officer are never approached lightly," District Attorney Lohra Miller said Friday in a statement.

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