As the U.S. population ages and more people develop dementia, older people are increasingly running into problems with the police. There are unique risks in cases involving people with Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases.
Chief Deputy Jeffrey Driskill with the Warren County Sheriff's Department said in an email he could not comment on the case, given the pending lawsuit and criminal investigation, but confirmed one of the officers involved is no longer with the department. A Virginia prosecutor is still reviewing the case.
Armando Navejas with his wife Josephine, in 2018. Debbie Navejas Aguilar with her father Armando Navejas at her Denver home on Thanksgiving in 2020. The officer who used a stun gun on Navejas had been with the force less than three years, records show, and had received training on crisis intervention and dealing with people who have a mental impairment.
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