Video footage appearing to come from body cameras worn by Louisville Metro Police officers at Taylor's apartment March 13 shows potential violations of policies designed to maintain the integrity of the investigation.
In a clip
posted Saturday, former Detective Brett Hankison can be seen entering Taylor's apartment while investigators are inside working the scene after her death.
In the body camera footage, Hankison can be seen about a shell casing on the ground, saying, "That's theirs?"
"That's ours, it looks like," an unidentified officer responds, before telling Hankison to "back out until they get PIU (the Public Integrity Unit) in here."
Hankison doesn't exit right away, instead asking, "Are there any guns visible?" as he shines a flashlight into the apartment. He then asks if there's a "long gun."
The former detective's presence at the crime scene would violate LMPD policies intended to keep away officers involved in a shooting from the active investigation.
The video and other evidence from the Taylor investigation have been tightly guarded.
Over the weekend, other videos have
surfaced on social media, including an unidentified officer walking to the door of Taylor's apartment and asking, "Is anybody here dead?"
In one video clip, an officer he claims is not Hankison says his rounds went through Taylor's window. In another, an officer can be heard stating that there was a "Black female" shot inside, along with the shooter — indicating that police might have known that Taylor had been seriously wounded before Walker exited the apartment and was arrested.
In body camera footage reviewed, none of the officers present for the raid is separated or paired with an escort, as required under LMPD policy.
Detective Michael Campbell, who was at the raid, helps interview neighbors. And Cosgrove remains on-scene carrying a rifle.
The conduct of those officers is noted in an investigative report. And a SWAT commander, Lt. Dale Massey, later tells investigators that Hankison was "way too up in the mix" and that he requested he be separated.
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