A Denver police officer will serve a 14-day suspension after she failed to realize a suspect she was arresting was armed with a gun, allowing the handcuffed man to later shoot another officer in the neck from the backseat of a police vehicle two years ago, according to disciplinary records released Wednesday.

Officer Alicia Martinez will serve the suspension across two weeks in June and July, Chief Compliance Officer Mary Dulacki wrote in a May 1 disciplinary letter.

Martinez missed the gun when she searched suspect Daniel Cheeseman, 35, as she and Officer Jordan Archuleta arrested him in connection with a stolen car on Nov. 11, 2022.

During the arrest, Martinez searched Cheeseman’s left side and Archuleta searched his right side. The two officers took a backpack from Cheeseman and se

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