Former Colo. Police Officer Austin Hopp Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Elderly Woman with Dementia

[Judi Lynn]

Karen Garner, now 75, allegedly suffered a dislocated and fractured shoulder, contusions, and a bloody nose after officers detained her in June 2020

By Olivia Jakiel
March 03, 2022 12:45

Austin Hopp, formerly of the Loveland Police Department in Colorado, pleaded guilty to a single charge of second-degree assault on Wednesday, local station 9News reports.

The former officer made headlines in April last year after body cam footage stemming from the June 2020 arrest of Karen Garner, an elderly woman with dementia who allegedly sustained serious injuries after she was violently detained by Hopp and another former officer, Daria Jalali, had surfaced.

Garner, now 75, was detained by Loveland Police after store employees saw her walking out of a Walmart with $13 worth of items she hadn't paid for.

Hopp, who was charged with misdemeanor first-degree official misconduct and two felonies, including second-degree assault of an at-risk adult and attempt to influence a public servant, accepted a plea deal that would lessen his sentence from 10-30 years to 2-8 years if the case had gone to trial, per CBS4 Denver.

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Austin Hopp

[Chainfire]

1. A real "manly man."

"Hey, guys, look at me, I just beat up a sick old woman. Am I bad...am I bad?"

We need to figure out a way to keep badges from bullies. Chances are that this guy will move on to another policing job in another part of the country. He needs a long time to meditate on his sins, in the peace and quite of a 6 x 9 cell, but he will probably get a slap on the hand, be told not to do it again, and sent back into the world, where, cop or not, he will continue to be a bullying prick.

[BeckyDem]

2. +1.

[Aristus]

4. Many police forces in Europe require a college degree.

Institute that over here, and every otherwise-unemployable roid-raging dickhead in the country will have to look for head-bashing work elsewhere.

[BeckyDem]

3. Just one more of those few bad apples.