Officers are accused of lying in their report on the fatal accident.

Two police officers left an intoxicated man near a motorway on Amager. He died shortly afterward.

Two police officers are accused of abuse of office and issuing false report material in connection with a fatal accident on Amager in January 2022, according to the prosecution.

This emerges from the indictment in the case, which Ritzau has been granted access to.

The male officers had released a heavily intoxicated man near Amagermotorvejen (motorway) in January 2022 after detaining him as a so-called administrative deprivation of liberty.

The man died shortly afterward when he was struck by a truck while attempting to cross the motorway.

In this connection, the officers are accused of abuse of office and issuing false report material.

According to the indictment, both officers failed to inform the control room that they had just released the man before being sent out to assist with the fatal accident.

The indictment further reveals that one officer wrote in a report that they had released him at a bus stop.

However, in reality, the man was released at the entrance to Copenhagen’s Skyttecenter (Shooting Center).

In this way, the two officers allegedly misled the police during the investigation of the man’s death.

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The incorrect information was also passed on to the Independent Police Complaints Authority (DUP) with the intention of avoiding further scrutiny, as stated in the indictment.

The two officers deny any wrongdoing in the accusations.

The charges against the two officers stem from an investigation initiated in October 2023, where a total of six police officers from Copenhagen were initially accused of serious theft, abuse of office, and drug possession with the intent to sell or transfer it.

The six officers were briefly detained while the police conducted a series of searches.

However, after two years of investigation, the Chief Prosecutor in Copenhagen dropped the serious charges against the officers in January of this year.

Instead, the investigation led to charges being brought against the two officers involved in the fatal accident case on Amager.

In this case, several other police officers are also accused of illegal storage of valuables and sensitive personal material, as well as possession of euphoric substances and illegal medication.

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