Tracy Weisenhorn
Service Record
Prowers County Colorado Sheriff's Office
| Rank | Deputy[1] |
Granada Colorado Police Department
Source: [1]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
| Rank | Officer[1] |
Leadville Colorado Police Department
| Rank | Detective (2020)[2] |
| Dates of Service | Hired June 2019[1] |
Kiowa County Colorado Sheriff's Office
| Rank | Undersheriff[3] |
| Dates of Service | Hired January 2020[4] |
| Salary | $33,571[5] |
| Last Known Status | Terminated[3] |
Incident Reports
Weisenhorn was a School Resource Officer in Leadville but was removed after the School District expressed dissatisfaction with her performance.[6]
2020 Death of Zach Gifford
Response Timeline
By April 15, 2020, Weisenhorn was placed on paid administrative leave.[7]
On March 8, 2021, Weisenhorn was fired.[8]
On October 20, 2021, Gifford's family filed a lawsuit against the officers, claiming violation of Gifford's rights under the Fourth Amendment for excessive force, and against the County and the Sheriff for training and oversight issues.[9][8]
In April 2022, the county reached a $9.5M settlement with the family which also requires improved use-of-force training.[3]
LEO Ratings
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rachel Woolworth, Meet your new local law enforcement officers, Herald Democrat, 2019-06-19
- ↑ Special Council Meeting Minutes, City of Leadville, 2020-01-14
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Susan Greene, Kiowa County reaches $9.5 million settlement with family of unarmed man shot in back by sheriff’s deputies, Denver Post, 2022-04-19
- ↑ Susan Greene, Three Bullets to the Back: How a KCSO Traffic Stop Ended in the Fatal Shooting of Zach Gifford, Kiowa County Independent, 2021-03-11
- ↑ Susan Greene, What happened to Zach Gifford? A look at a traffic stop turned police shooting in a small Colorado town, Denver Post, 2021-03-18
- ↑ Marcia Martinek, LPD departures ‘not uncommon’, Leadville Herald, 2019-10-09
- ↑ Update--Officer-Involved Shooting in Kiowa County, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, 2020-04-15
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gifford v Weisenhorn, U.S. District Court, 2021-10-20
- ↑ Susan Greene, Fatal shooting lawsuit alleges culture of excessive force in Kiowa County, Denver Post, 2021-10-20
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