The jury trial has begun for a former Denver Police officer accused of firing her handgun at law enforcement officers in South Dakota.
Kachina McAlexander, who resigned from her DPD job last April, faces three counts of aggravated assault on a police officer and one count of reckless use of a firearm.
Her trial began Tuesday and was continuing Thursday, according to the Custer County court clerk's office.
McAlexander was holed up in a Custer motel room on March 24, 2009 when local officers arrived in response to a report that McAlexander might be suicidal.
The 10-year DPD veteran is accused of firing her weapon at the responding officers, none of whom was injured.
Attempted murder charges were initially filed but then thrown out nine months ago.
At the time, Custer County Sheriff Rick Wheeler expressed disappointment at the ruling.
"I really thought we would get a conviction," Wheeler, who had argued that his deputies' lives were clearly in danger during the incident, said.
McAlexander and her family have not returned repeated calls requesting comment.
According to The Denver Post, McAlexander faced weapons charges in 2006 after firing at a television and at the walls of her home in Adams County. Like the March 24 incident, McAlexander was reportedly suicidal at the time.
A judge acquitted McAlexander of the charges and an appeal by prosecutors was not successful.
A spokesperson for the Adams County District Attorney would not provide information on the case to 9NEWS saying the case information is sealed.
A 2009 request by 9NEWS to view McAlexander's Denver Police disciplinary file was rejected on the grounds that an internal investigation was either ongoing or imminent.
Denver Police declined to discuss McAlexander's situation on-camera after she was charged.
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She didn't resign from her job, she retired and will get a full pension. I was a friend and co-worker of ms. mcAlexander who attended her trial- and what do you think you get with a bi-racial, lesbian police officer in a small town?? An unfair trial and lies from the Custer officers involved. How could a trained police oficer with 10 years of 95% shooting accuracy miss 3 police officers from 3 feet away in a doorway?? Its called being tased by a rookie officer named Derek Booker who was immediately reprimanded and taken OFF the streets for his actions which almost got people killed. (He now works in New Mexico (Custer got rid of him) But the media doesn't ask why she had her gun in the first place? They just assume she's suicidal or crazy (she passed her psych eval too by the way.. after the shooting) You would think the media would pick up on that too. She had her gun because there were a series of three different knocks on her door in the middle of the night in a strange small town, so she took her gun with her to the door, and before she could identify herself as a police officer Mr. Booker tased her. My friend is doing well and enjoying her new life post all the lies printed about her in the media and is actually writing a screenplay about the events to tell the REAL TRUTH about what happened that night.
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