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Louisville Metro Police Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday after Mayor Craig Greenberg became aware of how she "handed a workplace sexual assault allegation involving LMPD officers."
Officer Ben Sullivan is accused of violating the department's chase policy during the incident on July 6, 2021.
FILE -- Pictured: LMPD officer Ben Sullivan appears in a civil trial in Jefferson County, Ky., on Nov. 22, 2023. (WDRB/archive)
Lamont Washington, an investigator with the Louisville Metro Police Professional Standards Unit, said an officer did break the department's pursuit policy before a 2021 crash that killed 22-year-old Trevon Mitchell.
Ben Sullivan is accused of violating the department's chase policy in July 2021 when a pursuit ended in a crash that killed a bystander.