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The first system dumped 24 inches of snow on Thursday alone in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

The man who intervened in the arrest of Karen Garner was presented a citizenship award at Loveland's Latine Heritage Month Celebration at Foote Lagoon

Hopp faces up to 8 years in prison.

Settlement: The city of Loveland, Colorado, settled a civil lawsuit with the family of a woman with dementia and agreed to pay $3 million. The lawsuit alleged that Loveland Police Department officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali used excessive force when they arrested Garner. “The settlement with Karen Garner will help bring some closure to an unfortunate event in our community but does not upend the work we have left to do. “There is no excuse, under any circumstances, for what happened to Ms. Garner,” Loveland police Chief Bob Ticer said in a news release. Swartz said the money will be used to pay for the 24/7 dementia care that Garner now requires, the Post reported.

"I don't want to see this happen to anyone else's families," Garner's daughter said in a news conference,

Advocates say the case puts a spotlight on how ill-prepared police are when encountering someone with a mental disability.

Former officers Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali were charged in connection to the arrest of 73-year-old Karen Garner last June.

The family of Karen Garner says other officers involved need to face charges as well.

Two former police officers are facing criminal charges for how they handled the June 2020 arrest of a 73-year Colorado woman with dementia.

Dementia Arrest Colorado FILE - This undated file photo provided by Allisa Swartz, shows Karen Garner, a 73-year-old Colorado woman with dementia, whose family is suing Loveland, Colo., and three of its police officers over her arrest in June 2020. (Allisa Swartz via AP, File) (Allisa Swartz)DENVER — (AP) — Two former officers involved in the rough arrest of a 73-year-old Colorado woman with dementia last year will face criminal charges, online court documents showed Wednesday. Arrest warrants have been issued for Austin Hopp and Daria Jalali over the June 2020 arrest in Loveland, a city about 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Denver. Jalali is facing charges of failing to report a use of force, failing to intervene and official misconduct. After she turned away from him, he quickly grabbed her arm and pushed the 80-pound (36-kilogram) woman to the ground.

"She was confused and scared. She didn't understand what was going on," Garner's daughter said.

Dementia Arrest Colorado FILE - This undated file photo provided by Allisa Swartz, shows Karen Garner, a 73-year-old Colorado woman with dementia, whose family is suing Loveland, Colo., and three of its police officers over her arrest in June 2020. The three Colorado police officers involved in the arrest of Garner who was shown being pushed to the ground and handcuffed on body camera footage have resigned, police said Friday, April 30, 2021. (Allisa Swartz via AP, File) (Allisa Swartz)DENVER — (AP) — Three Colorado police officers involved in the arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia who was shown being pushed to the ground and handcuffed on body camera footage have resigned, police said Friday. After Garner filed a federal lawsuit this month and her lawyer released body camera footage of her arrest, the department announced it was putting Hopp, the arresting officer, on leave. Hopp, Jalali and Blackett were seen on surveillance video released by Garner's lawyer this week watching Hopp's body camera footage while Garner sat handcuffed in a holding cell nearby.

Three police officers involved in the arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia last year in Loveland, Colorado have resigned after the woman's attorney released a video of the officers laughing about the arrest inside the police station.

Three police officers involved in the rough arrest of a 73-year-old Colorado woman with dementia resigned, officials said.

Three Colorado police officers involved in the arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia who was shown being pushed to the ground and handcuffed on body camera footage have resigned.