DENVER — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Denver Police Department officer who was cited for indecent exposure while on duty, the Denver District Attorney's Office said.
Gabriel Jordan had been cited for Indecent Exposure-Masturbation related to an incident that happened Sept. 12 at the Denver Police Academy, prosecutors said.
The Denver District Attorney's Office said on Oct. 23 that they had filed a motion to dismiss the charge.
"It is our obligation as prosecutors only to go forward in cases where we believe we can prove a defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt," District Attorney Beth McCann said in a statement. "While my office made the decision to file charges initially, after further review of the facts and evidence, we do not now believe that we can prove Mr. Jordan's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt."
DPD said they placed Jordan on paid administrative leave on Sept. 13. The department said on Oct. 23 that since the DA has dismissed the charge, Jordan "will be removed from administrative leave with pay and return to his non-patrol assignment in DPD’s Administrative Division where he will be doing office work while the Department’s Internal Affairs investigation of this incident moves forward."
This isn't Jordan's first time in the news. On Jan. 26, 2015, he shot and killed 17-year-old Jessica Hernandez. According to the Denver district attorney's decision letter in the shooting, Jordan and another officer responded to a suspicious car report. They called in the car’s license plate and it came up as stolen. Police reports said the officers tried to get Hernandez out of the car. Instead, she drove at Jordan, who according to the decision letter, said he thought he was going to die and fired shots.
The District Attorney's Office chose not to file charges in that case. Hernandez' family received $1 million from Denver in a settlement.
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