WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – A Denver police officer is facing domestic violence charges for allegedly attacking his fiancé who is also a Denver officer. 
  
 The alleged incident occurred at a home in a Westminster neighborhood where there was also a brief standoff early last Friday morning. 
  
 Denver Police Officer Lane Gardner allegedly shoved his fiancé in a drunken rage and told her if she called the police she would be dead. 
  
 Neighbors awoke to SWAT teams swarming the neighborhood. 
  
 “There are six, seven, eight SWAT guys right along the fence in full gear,” a neighbor said. “There’s a sniper across the street.” 
  
 CBS4’s Tom Mustin spoke to the victim who didn’t want to comment on camera but allowed CBS4 to take video of her injuries. 
  
 The victim said Gardner awoke from a drunken stupor and saw her wearing a Denver Fire sweatshirt and accused her of having an affair with a firefighter. The arrest affidavit says he told her “I hope you die” and then shoved her to the ground. She said she blacked out as he ripped the engagement ring off her finger and she felt something hit her face. 
  
 The victim then woke up and went outside and called 911. She told the operator that Gardner had several weapons inside the home and he talked about “shooting it out with officers.” 
  
 Neighbors say the couple had just recently moved into the neighborhood. 
  
 “Like any other neighbor, mowing the lawn, taking walks, doing their thing,” the neighbor said. 
  
 An ambulance took the victim to the hospital to be treated. 
  
 Gardner was arrested hours later after a standoff with police. 
  
 As the Denver officer recovers from her injuries, neighbors are looking for answers. 
  
 “You never expect that, so you just kind of go with it,” the neighbor said. 
  
 Gardner has been charged with domestic violence and battery in Westminster. He’s been placed on desk duty with the Denver Police Department pending the results of the investigation. ||||| Please enable Javascript to watch this video 
  
 WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- A Denver policeman was arrested Friday morning at his Westminster home for allegedly assaulting his fiancee, who is also a Denver police officer. 
  
 Lane Gardner, 48, and Jennifer Jaidinger, 42, have lived in the home in the 7000 block of West 110th Avenue since February. Now, he has a restraining order against him and can’t go there. 
  
 The incident happened Friday morning when police allege Gardner hit Jaidinger in the face. The entire right side of her face is battered, bruised and swollen. An arrest affidavit reads that at about 3 a.m. Friday, “Lane was drunk and began arguing with her about where she was.” 
  
 Jaidinger said Gardner “got upset that she was wearing a firefighter shirt as he suspects her of cheating on him with a firefighter.” 
  
 The affidavit also said, “Lane pushed her off the bed causing her to fall to the ground. While falling to the ground, Jennifer stated she sustained an abrasion on the right side of her rib area.” 
  
 Jaidinger said she then passed out for an unknown amount of time and woke up to Gardner standing over her. She felt pain to her right eye and stated, “Lane must have punched me when I was passed out.” 
  
 Jaidinger called 911 and told police “there are several guns in the residence and Lane is very unstable.” The affidavit said Gardner previously had made statements about “shooting it out with officers.” 
  
 For that reason, Westminster’s SWAT team was called out to the normally quiet neighborhood. But after repeated unanswered phone calls and shouts at the door, police felt it best to walk away. 
  
 Gardner turned himself in at the Westminster Police Department on Monday. He's charged with simple assault battery domestic violence, a misdemeanor. 
  
 This is not Gardner’s first brush with the law. In May 1985 he was arrested for obstructing Wheat Ridge police and in February 1993 he was arrested on the same charge in Denver. 
  
 Gardner is a 12-year veteran with Denver Police. He’s currently serving behind a desk during the investigation. ||||| WESTMINSTER, Colo. - A veteran Denver police officer was arrested Monday and charged with misdemeanor assault, three days after the Westminster Police Department SWAT Team surrounded his house and tried to take him into custody. 
  
 The arrest affidavit, obtained by 7NEWS, states that Officer Lane Warren Gardner, 48, allegedly punched his fiancé in the face and told her if she called the cops, "she'd be dead." 
  
 The victim, a fellow Denver police officer, told investigators she'd returned to their home, on the 7700 block of W. 110th Avenue, early Friday morning and found Gardner in the master bedroom. 
  
 Officer Jennifer Jaidinger, 42, said Gardner was drunk and began arguing with her about where she'd been. 
  
 The affidavit states, "Lane got upset that she was wearing a firefighter shirt as he suspects her of cheating on him with a firefighter." 
  
 The arguing escalated until Gardner pushed her off the bed and she hit the floor, passing out for a while. 
  
 The affidavit states that Jaidinger awoke to find Gardner standing over her. 
  
 She said she felt pain in her right eye and told police, "Lane must have punched me when I passed out." 
  
 When responding officers saw Jaidinger’s injuries, they called firefighter paramedics. The paramedics transported her to Good Samaritan Hospital. 
  
 Officers tried to contact Gardner, knocking on the door and calling him on the phone. There was no response. 
  
 While all this was going on, neighbors say they received automated phone calls instructing them to stay indoors. 
  
 “I went out to retrieve my newspaper,” one neighbor said. “I heard a man’s voice, turned around and saw an officer with a big rifle in his hands telling me to get back in the house. He also told me to ‘kill’ the (porch) light. That’s how my day started.” 
  
 Another neighbor said he looked out the window and saw SWAT Team members taking up positions around the neighbor’s house. 
  
 “I called my wife over to check it out,” he said. “We waved at the SWAT Team, they waved back. We got a call from Westminster Police a few seconds later asking us to back away from the window, they were in full operation.” 
  
 The neighbors say they never saw police take anyone into custody. 
  
 A police investigator who interviewed Jaidinger at the hospital noted in the arrest affidavit that her right eye was heavily swollen. Jaidinger also had an abrasion that was 2- to 3-inches long on her right rib area. She said the abrasion happened when Gardner shoved her off the bed. 
  
 According to the affidavit, she told police that "Lane is very unstable," and there are several guns in the house. 
  
 She also told them that that "Lane is a heavy drinker and usually will drink a half bottle of whiskey daily." 
  
 The alleged suspect and victim have been in a relationship for about 2 1/2 years. 
  
 Neighbors say the couple moved into the house about two months ago. 
  
 Jaidinger declined an on camera interview but allowed 7NEWS to photograph her injuries. 
  
 The right side of her face is still swollen and discolored. 
  
 When asked if the couple were engaged, she said they had been, but that Gardner yanked the ring off her finger, after shoving her off the bed. 
  
 Gardner surrendered to Westminster police on an arrest warrant Monday. He appeared in Westminster Municipal Court and was released after posting $1,500 bond. 
  
 A judge issued a protection order, which prohibits Gardner from contacting the alleged victim. 
  
 One neighbor said she saw Gardner and another woman, accompanied by three officers, return to the home Monday to retrieve some of his belongings. 
  
 Jaidinger said it wasn’t Gardner who showed up, it was his twin brother. 
  
 Gardner has two prior arrests for obstructing/police interference, one in Wheat Ridge in 1985 and the other in Denver in 1993. He pleaded guilty to the Denver police interference incident, according to court records. 
  
 A Denver Police Department spokeswoman confirmed that two officers are now occupying "administrative" positions, but did not explain why. |||||

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– A Denver police officer allegedly assaulted his fiancee—who is also a Denver officer—because he thought she was cheating on him with a firefighter, ABC 7 reports. Jennifer Jaidinger, 42, arrived home early last Friday morning to find Lane Gardner, 48, drunk and demanding to know where she had been. According to what she told police, Gardner suspected she was sleeping with a firefighter because she was wearing a Denver Fire sweatshirt at the time, CBS Denver reports. Gardner allegedly ripped the engagement ring off her finger and pushed her off the bed, knocking her unconscious. When she came to, she had a pain in her eye and thinks her fiance of 2 1/2 years hit her while she was knocked out. In her 911 call, Jaidinger described her fiance as "very unstable" and claimed he had made earlier comments about "shooting it out with officers." A SWAT team duly arrived Friday, shouted at his door, and made phone calls that went unanswered, FOX 31 reports. But SWAT backed away that day and Gardner turned himself in Monday to face a domestic-violence assault charge. Jaidinger describes him as "a heavy drinker and usually will drink a half bottle of whiskey daily," according to an affidavit. She also said he told her that if she notified police, she'd "be dead." Gardner, a 12-year Denver police veteran, is on desk duty during the investigation.
WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – En Denver-polis anklagas för våld i hemmet för att ha attackerat sin fästman som också är officer i Denver. Den påstådda incidenten inträffade i ett hem i ett Westminster område där det också fanns en kort dödläge tidigt i fredags morse. Denver polisman Lane Gardner påstås ha knuffat sin fästman i ett fylleraseri och sagt till henne att om hon ringde polisen skulle hon vara död. Grannarna vaknade till SWAT team som svärmade in i området. "Det finns sex, sju, åtta SWAT killar rätt längs staketet i full utrustning," en granne sade. “Det finns en prickskytt över gatan.” CBS4: s Tom Mustin talade till offret som inte ville kommentera kameran men tillät CBS4 att ta video av hennes skador. Offret sa att Gardner vaknade från en full stupor och såg henne bära en Denver Fire tröja och anklagade henne för att ha en affär med en brandman. Gripandet intygar att han sa till henne ”Jag hoppas att du dör” och knuffade henne sedan till marken. Hon sa att hon svimmade när han slet av förlovningsringen från hennes finger och hon kände något träffa hennes ansikte. Offret vaknade och gick ut och ringde 112. Hon berättade för operatören att Gardner hade flera vapen inne i hemmet och han pratade om att “skjuta ut det med officerare.” Grannar säger paret hade nyligen flyttat in i grannskapet. — Som vilken annan granne som helst, klippte gräsmattan, tog promenader, gjorde sin sak, sade grannen. En ambulans förde offret till sjukhuset för att behandlas. Gardner greps timmar senare efter ett dödläge med polisen. När Denver-officeren återhämtar sig efter sina skador letar grannar efter svar. — Det förväntar man sig aldrig, så man går bara liksom med på det, sade grannen. Gardner har åtalats för våld i hemmet och misshandel i Westminster. Han har placerats i skrivbordstjänst med Denver polisen i väntan på resultatet av utredningen. Vänligen aktivera Javascript för att titta på denna video WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- En Denver polis blev arresterad fredag morgon på hans Westminster hem för påstådd misshandel hans fästmö, som också är en Denver polis. Lane Gardner, 48, och Jennifer Jaidinger, 42, har bott i hemmet i kvarteret 7000 på West 110th Avenue sedan februari. Nu har han ett besöksförbud mot honom och kan inte gå dit. Händelsen inträffade fredag morgon när polisen påstår att Gardner slog Jaidinger i ansiktet. Hela den högra sidan av ansiktet är sönderslagen, blåslagen och svullen. En arresteringsorder lyder att vid omkring 3 på fredagen, "Lane var berusad och började gräla med henne om var hon var." Jaidinger sade Gardner "fick upprörd över att hon bar en brandman skjorta som han misstänker henne för att vara otrogen mot honom med en brandman." Avskriften sade också, "Lane knuffade henne från sängen orsakar henne att falla till marken. När hon föll till marken, Jennifer uppgav att hon lidit en nötning på höger sida av sitt revben område. "Jaidinger sade att hon sedan svimmade under en okänd tid och vaknade upp till Gardner stående över henne. Hon kände smärta för hennes högra öga och sade, "Lane måste ha slagit mig när jag var utsvimmad." Jaidinger ringde 911 och berättade för polisen "det finns flera vapen i bostaden och Lane är mycket instabil." Avskriften sade Gardner tidigare hade gjort uttalanden om "skjuta ut det med officerare." Av den anledningen, Westminster SWAT team kallades ut till den normalt lugna grannskapet. Men efter upprepade obesvarade telefonsamtal och rop på dörren kände polisen det bäst att gå sin väg. Gardner anmälde sig på Westminsterpolisen i måndags. Han är anklagad för misshandel, misshandel, misshandel. Detta är inte Gardners första pensel med lagen. I maj 1985 arresterades han för att ha hindrat Wheat Ridge-polisen och i februari 1993 arresterades han på samma anklagelse i Denver. Gardner är 12-årig veteran med Denver Police. Han tjänar för närvarande bakom ett skrivbord under utredningen. En veteran Denver-polis greps i måndags och åtalades för misshandel tre dagar efter att Westminster-polisen omringade hans hus och försökte gripa honom. Arresteringen, som 7NEWS har fått, säger att assistent Lane Warren Gardner, 48, påstås ha slagit sin fästman i ansiktet och sagt till henne om hon ringde polisen, "hon skulle vara död." Offret, en kollega till Denver polis, berättade att hon hade återvänt till deras hem, på 7700 kvarteret W. 110th Avenue, tidigt på fredag morgon och hittade Gardner i sovrummet. Assistent Jennifer Jaidinger, 42, sa att Gardner var full och började bråka med henne om var hon hade varit. I intyget står det: "Lane blev upprörd över att hon bar brandmanströja då han misstänker att hon varit otrogen mot honom med en brandman." De grälade eskalerade tills Gardner knuffade henne från sängen och hon slog till golvet, slocknade ett tag. Avskriften framgår att Jaidinger vaknade för att finna Gardner stående över henne. Hon sa att hon kände smärta i höger öga och sa till polisen: "Lane måste ha slagit mig när jag svimmade." När de som svarade såg Jaidingers skador, kallade de brandmän för sjukvårdare. Ambulanspersonalen transporterade henne till Good Samaritan Hospital. Officerare försökte kontakta Gardner, knackade på dörren och ringde på telefonen. Det blev inget svar. Medan allt det här pågick, säger grannarna att de fick automatiska telefonsamtal som instruerade dem att stanna inomhus. — Jag gick ut för att hämta min tidning, sade en granne. — Jag hörde en mansröst, vände sig om och såg en officer med ett stort gevär i händerna säga åt mig att komma tillbaka in i huset. Han sa också åt mig att ”döda” (porr) ljuset. Det är så min dag började. "En annan granne sade att han tittade ut genom fönstret och såg SWAT Team medlemmar ta upp positioner runt grannens hus. — Jag ringde min fru för att kolla upp det, sade han. "Vi vinkade på SWAT Team, de vinkade tillbaka. Vi fick ett samtal från Westminster polisen några sekunder senare ber oss att backa bort från fönstret, de var i full drift.” Grannarna säger att de aldrig såg polisen ta någon i förvar. En polisutredare som intervjuade Jaidinger på sjukhuset konstaterade i arresteringsintyget att hennes högra öga var kraftigt svullet. Jaidinger hade också en nötning som var 2- till 3-tums lång på hennes högra revbensyta. Hon sa att nötningen hände när Gardner knuffade ner henne från sängen. Enligt försäkran sa hon till polisen att "Lane är mycket instabil", och det finns flera vapen i huset. Hon berättade också för dem att "Lane är en stordrickare och brukar dricka en halv flaska whisky dagligen." Den misstänkte och offret har varit i ett förhållande i ungefär 2 1/2 år. Grannarna säger att paret flyttade in i huset för två månader sen. Jaidinger avböjde en kameraintervju men lät 7NEWS fotografera hennes skador. Den högra sidan av ansiktet är fortfarande svullen och missfärgad. När hon tillfrågades om paret var förlovade, sade hon att de hade blivit det, men att Gardner ryckte ringen av hennes finger, efter att ha knuffat henne från sängen. Gardner överlämnade sig till Westminster-polisen på en arresteringsorder på måndag. Han uppträdde i Westminster Municipal Court och släpptes efter att ha lagt ut 1 500 dollars obligation. En domare utfärdade en skyddsorder, som förbjuder Gardner att kontakta det påstådda offret. En granne sade att hon såg Gardner och en annan kvinna, åtföljda av tre officerare, återvända till hemmet måndagen för att hämta några av hans tillhörigheter. Jaidinger sa att det inte var Gardner som dök upp, det var hans tvillingbror. Gardner har två tidigare gripanden för att ha hindrat/polisingripit, den ena i Wheat Ridge 1985 och den andra i Denver 1993. Han erkände sig skyldig till den Denver-polisens inblandningshändelse, enligt domstolsregister. En Denver Police Department taleswoman bekräftade att två officerare nu innehar "administrativa" positioner, men förklarade inte varför. Skriv en sammanfattning.
WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – A Denver police officer is accused of domestic violence for attacking his fiancé who is also an officer in Denver. The alleged incident occurred in a home in a Westminster area where there was also a short standoff early Friday morning. Denver police officer Lane Gardner allegedly pushed her fiancé into a drunken warehouse and told her that if she called the police, she would be dead. Neighbors woke up to SWAT teams swarming into the area. "There are six, seven, eight SWAT guys right along the fence in full equipment," a neighbor said. “There is a sniper across the street.” CBS4’s Tom Mustin spoke to the victim who did not want to comment on the camera but allowed CBS4 to take video of her injuries. The victim said Gardner woke up from a full stupor and saw her wearing a Denver Fire jersey and accused her of having an affair with a firefighter. The arrest certifies that he told her "I hope you die" and then pushed her to the ground. She said she fainted when he ripped off the engagement ring from her finger and she felt something hitting her face. The victim woke up and went out and called 911. She told the operator that Gardner had several weapons inside the home and he talked about “shooting it out with officers.” Neighbors say the couple had recently moved into the neighborhood. “As any other neighbor, mowing the lawn, taking walks, doing his thing, the neighbor said. An ambulance took the victim to the hospital to be treated. Gardner was arrested hours later after a standoff with police. As the Denver officer recovers from his injuries, neighbors are looking for answers. “You never expect that, so you just sort of agree to it,” the neighbor said. Gardner has been charged with domestic violence and assault in Westminster. He has been placed on desk duty with the Denver police pending the outcome of the investigation. Please enable Javascript to watch this video WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- A Denver police officer was arrested Friday morning at his Westminster home for alleged assault his fiancée, who is also a Denver police officer. Lane Gardner, 48, and Jennifer Jaidinger, 42, have lived in the home of the 7000 block on West 110th Avenue since February. Now he has a restraining order against him and can't go there. The incident occurred Friday morning when police claim Gardner hit Jaidinger in the face. The entire right side of the face is smashed, bruised and swollen. An arrest warrant reads that at about 3 on Friday, "Lane was drunk and began arguing with her about where she was." Jaidinger said Gardner "got upset that she was wearing a fireman's shirt as he suspects her of cheating on him with a fireman." The transcript also said, "Lane pushed her off the bed causing her to fall to the ground. When she fell to the ground, Jennifer stated that she suffered a abrasion on the right side of her rib area. "Jaidinger said she then fainted for an unknown time and woke up to Gardner standing over her. She felt pain for her right eye and said, "Lane must have hit me when I was passed out." Jaidinger called 911 and told police "there are several weapons in the residence and Lane is very unstable." The transcript said Gardner had previously made statements about "shooting it out with officers." For that reason, Westminster SWAT team was called out to the normally quiet neighborhood. But after repeated unanswered phone calls and calls at the door, the police felt it best to go away. Gardner reported to the Westminster police on Monday. He's charged with assault, assault, assault. This is not Gardner's first brush with the law. In May 1985, he was arrested for obstructing Wheat Ridge police and in February 1993 he was arrested on the same charge in Denver. Gardner is a 12-year veteran with Denver Police. He currently serves behind a desk during the investigation. A veteran Denver police officer was arrested on Monday and charged with assault three days after Westminster police surrounded his house and attempted to arrest him. The arrest, which 7NEWS has received, says that assistant Lane Warren Gardner, 48, allegedly punched her fiancé in the face and told her if she called the police, "she would be dead." The victim, a colleague of Denver police, told us that she had returned to their home, on 7700 neighborhood W. 110th Avenue, early Friday morning and found Gardner in the bedroom. Assistant Jennifer Jaidinger, 42, said Gardner was drunk and started fighting with her about where she had been. The certificate states, "Lane was upset that she was wearing a fireman's shirt as he suspects she was cheating on him with a fireman." They argued escalated until Gardner pushed her off the bed and she hit the floor, passed out for a while. The transcript appears that Jaidinger woke up to find Gardner standing over her. She said she felt pain in her right eye and said to the police, "Lane must have hit me when I fainted." When those who responded saw Jaidinger's injuries, they called firefighters paramedics. The paramedics transported her to Good Samaritan Hospital. Officers tried to contact Gardner, knocked on the door, and rang the phone. There was no answer. While all this was going on, neighbors say they received automatic phone calls instructing them to stay indoors. “I went out to pick up my newspaper,” said a neighbor. “I heard a man’s voice, turned around and saw an officer with a big rifle in his hands telling me to get back into the house. He also told me to “kill” (porn) the light. That's how my day started. "Another neighbor said he looked out the window and saw SWAT Team members take up positions around the neighbor's house. “I called my wife to check it out,” he said. "We waved at SWAT Team, they waved back. We received a call from Westminster police a few seconds later asking us to back away from the window, they were in full operation.” Neighbors say they never saw the police take anyone into custody. A police investigator who interviewed Jaidinger at the hospital noted in the arrest certificate that her right eye was heavily swollen. Jaidinger also had a abrasion that was 2- to 3-inch long on her right rib surface. She said the abrasion happened when Gardner pushed her off the bed. According to assurance, she told police that "Lane is very unstable", and there are several weapons in the house. She also told them that "Lane is a big drinker and usually drinks half a bottle of whisky daily." The suspect and victim have been in a relationship for about 2 1/2 years. Neighbors say the couple moved into the house two months ago. Jaidinger declined a camera interview but had 7NEWS photograph her injuries. The right side of the face is still swollen and discolored. When asked if the couple were engaged, she said they had been, but that Gardner snatched the ring off her finger, having pushed her off the bed. Gardner turned himself in to Westminster police on an arrest warrant on Monday. He performed in the Westminster Municipal Court and was released after posting $1,500 bond. A judge issued a protection order, prohibiting Gardner from contacting the alleged victim. A neighbor said she saw Gardner and another woman, accompanied by three officers, return to home Monday to retrieve some of his belongings. Jaidinger said it wasn't Gardner who showed up, it was his twin brother. Gardner has two previous arrests for obstructing/police intervention, one in Wheat Ridge in 1985 and the other in Denver in 1993. He pleaded guilty to the Denver police involvement event, according to court records. A Denver Police Department spokeswoman confirmed that two officers now hold "administrative" positions, but did not explain why. Write a summary.
– En Denver polisman påstås ha misshandlat sin fästmö – som också är en Denver officer – eftersom han trodde att hon var otrogen mot honom med en brandman, ABC 7 rapporter. Jennifer Jaidinger, 42 år, kom hem tidigt i fredags morse för att hitta Lane Gardner, 48 år, full och krävande att veta var hon hade varit. Enligt vad hon berättade för polisen misstänkte Gardner att hon låg med en brandman eftersom hon hade på sig en Denver Fire-tröja på den tiden, uppger CBS Denver. Gardner ska ha slitit av förlovningsringen från hennes finger och knuffat henne från sängen, knockat henne medvetslös. När hon vaknade hade hon ont i ögat och tror att hennes fästman på 2 1/2 år slog henne medan hon blev utslagen. I sitt 112-samtal beskrev Jaidinger sin fästman som "mycket instabil" och hävdade att han hade gjort tidigare kommentarer om att "skjuta ut den med officerare". En insatsstyrka kom på fredag, ropade på hans dörr och ringde på samtal som inte besvarades, FOX 31 rapporterar. Men SWAT backade den dagen och Gardner vände sig i måndags för att ställas inför en misshandelsattack. Jaidinger beskriver honom som "en stordrickare och brukar dricka en halv flaska whisky dagligen", enligt en försäkran. Hon sa också att han sa till henne att om hon anmälde polisen, skulle hon "vara död". Gardner, en 12-årig Denver-polisveteran, har skrivbordstjänst under utredningen.
– A Denver policeman allegedly assaulted his fiancée – who is also a Denver officer – because he thought she was cheating on him with a firefighter, ABC 7 reports. Jennifer Jaidinger, 42, came home early Friday morning to find Lane Gardner, 48, drunk and demanding to know where she had been. According to what she told police, Gardner suspected she was sleeping with a firefighter because she was wearing a Denver Fire jersey at the time, states CBS Denver. Gardner supposedly ripped off the engagement ring from her finger and pushed her off the bed, knocking her unconscious. When she woke up, she had pain in her eye and thinks her fiancé in 2 1/2 years hit her while she was knocked out. In his 112 call, Jaidinger described his fiancé as "very unstable" and claimed he had made previous comments about "shooting it out with officers". A task force came on Friday, called at his door and made calls that were not answered, FOX 31 reports. But SWAT backed down that day and Gardner turned on Monday to face an assault attack. Jaidinger describes him as "a big drinker and usually drinks half a bottle of whisky daily", according to one assurance. She also said he told her that if she reported the police, she would "be dead". Gardner, a 12-year-old Denver police veteran, has desk duty during the investigation.