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To: IACP Board of Executives
Demand IACP denounce police officer Daniel Auderer and remove him from any upcoming conferences!
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Daniel Auderer—the Seattle police officer who made disgusting and inhumane remarks about Jaahnavi Kandula after the 23-year-old Northeastern University was killed by fellow police officer Kevin Dave–had a session posted and then quietly removed from an International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in August.
By selecting Auderer as a presenter, IACP implicitly condoned his abhorrent behavior to its 33,000 members and broader community. It's not enough now to quietly remove his presentation. Demand the IACP release a statement strongly denouncing Auderer's inhumane remarks and explicitly commit to not having him present at International Impaired Driving and Traffic Safety Conference or future IACP conferences!
Why is this important?
In January 2023, Jaahnavi Kandula was killed by Seattle Police Department officer Kevin Dave who was speeding through a pedestrian crosswalk. Following her death, it was revealed that SPD Detective Daniel Auderer made disparaging remarks about Jaahnavi. In the horrifying recording, Detective Auderer can be heard on the phone with another officer laughing and joking about Jaahnavi, cruelly describing her as just "a regular person" and dismissively stating that the city should simply "write a check" for her death. "She was 26, anyway. She had limited value," he is heard saying.
We are still waiting for Officer Dave and Detective Auderer to be held accountable for Jaahnavi’s killing and the cruel, dehumanizing remarks made thereafter. But instead of facing consequences for his inhumane and unprofessional comments, the International Association of Chiefs of Police selected Auderer as a presenter for the International Impaired Driving and Traffic Safety Conference (IDTS), only quietly pulling his session after media outlets reported on it.
The IDTS call for proposals says its goal is to “offer relevant, timely education and training to help attendees to do their jobs more effectively and make their agencies more successful.” Auderer’s disgusting remarks have eroded trust between the SPD and the Seattle community, and sparked righteous outrage from South Asian and allied communities across the country. IACP must do more than just pull Auderer from the program—they must explicitly denounce his behavior and commit to not amplifying him as a leader and educator in future IACP panels, workshops, and speaking engagements.