![]() ![]() The attorneys said they uncovered serious red flags from Edwin Lara that COCC could have acted upon. ![]() They were armed with pepper spray, ballistic vests, body cameras, handcuffs, and a vehicle with a cage. The attorneys said COCC officers were instead given uniforms that were strikingly similar to the Bend Police. ![]() The college paid for an internal safety audit that confirmed these accusations and recommended the safety department make sweeping changes to its conduct and its officers' appearance, but the college did nothing. The lawsuit accused the college of failing to do an adequate background check on Lara and of allowing their campus safety vehicles to so closely resemble police patrol cars.Īccording to a press release from the Sawyer family's attorneys, Jason Kafoury and Tim Williams, COCC's Campus Public Safety Department had been previously accused of acting outside its legal authority. Instead, she became trapped in a patrol car equipped with a cage and doors that wouldn't open from the inside. The family of Kaylee Sawyer filed a federal lawsuit against COCC in July 2017 arguing that Sawyer accepted a ride from Lara, believing he was a police officer she could trust. RELATED | Kaylee Sawyer's body found, police say she died of blunt force trauma Kaylee Sawyer was kidnapped and murdered by Edwin Lara while he was on duty as a campus safety officer at the college, police said. Central Oregon Community College has agreed to pay $2 million to the family of a woman who was kidnapped and murdered by a campus security guard in 2016. ![]()
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