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SMPD officer involved in car crash fatality indefinitely suspended

SMPD officer involved in car crash fatality indefinitely suspended
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By Brittany Anderson

SAN MARCOS — Nearly two years after a car accident that resulted in the death of a woman and left her partner critically injured, the off-duty San Marcos Police Department (SMPD) officer responsible has been ‘indefinitely suspended.’

A letter from San Marcos city manager Bert Lumbreras said Sgt. Ryan Hartman’s suspension by SMPD on Jan. 18 came as the result of “sustained misconduct related to dereliction of duty and insubordination.” 

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