Tag: jaahnavi kandula

November 12, 2024

Publicola: SPD emergency driving policy now instructs officers to consider road conditions, safety of other road users

Though you would hope it would have been common sense, the Seattle Police Department recently updated its emergency vehicle operations policies to specify considerations officers should make before choosing to drive above the speed limit, Andrew Engelson at Publicola reported. Officers should take into account the street’s “character,” such as whether it is a side…
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tagged: jaahnavi kandula, publicola, spd
January 26, 2023

Friday: Critical Mass will ride to Dexter/Thomas to hold a vigil for Jaahnavi Kandula + Defunded safety project had been more than a decade in the making

Jaahnavi Kandula—a 23-year-old student from Adoni in the Andhra Pradesh state in India who was studying at the South Lake Union campus of Northeastern University—was walking across Dexter at Thomas Street in a marked crosswalk when a police officer driving an SPD SUV struck and killed her shortly after 8 p.m. Monday evening. Our condolences…
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tagged: critical mass, dexter, jaahnavi kandula, thomas