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Andrea Heath shot herself in the head two years ago amid another lawsuit against the city, in which she claimed her fellow officers harassed and intimidated her for reporting their use of excessive force to federal investigators.
Heath spoke to federal investigators — who were already probing the department — in 2007. She told them she saw many Desert Hot Springs officers “falsely arrest, beat, tase, pepper-spray and otherwise torture” detainees and arrestees, according to court documents.
After Heath spoke to the FBI, other officers refused to back her up on dangerous calls, referred to her as a “rat” and tampered with her office computer, the lawsuits claim.
