The former police officer who killed a woman when he crashed into her car in a Kaleen intersection in May last year escaped a jail sentence on Thursday, receiving a suspended sentence instead.
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Lachlan Chancellor, 38, pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving causing death and will have his four month and seven day jail sentence totally suspended.
Richard Beehag, Ms Beehag's brother, said his "sports mad" sister had come to Canberra to continue her passion for sport and was working for the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.
He said he hoped his sister's death would ensure rules regarding police conduct while driving would be enforced and hoped it would make the roads safer for everyone.
Speaking outside court, Mr Beehag said his family did not hold any animosity or ill will towards Chancellor.
"We all make bad decisions," he said. "To put that aside and judge him, it wasn't quite the right thing to do, it wasn't fair."
"The tragedy of this situation is it might happen to other people."
He said his sister's death had had a profound impact on not only his family but her friends and the sporting community with which she had been heavily involved.
"Everybody misses her terribly, there were a lot of people that were moved and touched by the fact that she changed their lives and made their lives better through sport," Mr Beehag said.
"That can't be replaced."
Chancellor had been responding to reports of a suspicious person wandering around a Bruce construction site, when he drove into the intersection of Maribyrnong Avenue and Baldwin Drive against a red light and at speed.
Amanda Beehag, 53, was driving home from the shops when Chancellor's police car, which had lights flashing but no siren, crashed into her Hyundai Getz. Ms Beehag received critical injuries and was in an induced coma for four weeks before her brother switched off her life support.
At a previous appearance the court heard Chancellor's police car had several faults, including three bald tyres and worn out brakes, however it was determined the faults had not contributed to the crash.
In sentencing, Justice David Mossop said the crash "was a tragedy for all concerned" and that it was particularly awful an innocent person had been killed by the negligent driving of a police officer.
He acknowledged the "despair, anguish and sorrow" felt by Ms Beehag's family at her death and also the remorse displayed by Chancellor for his actions.
Chancellor resigned from the police force after the crash and Justice Mossop said he accepted the numerous references before the court saying the community had lost a dedicated public servant.
But Justice Mossop also said "it must be clear to those that have special dispensations from the road rules that if they are negligent, they will be punished."
He said an inquest into Ms Beehag's death would be the more appropriate place for any systemic issues that led to the crash to be addressed.
Justice Mossop said the crash had been caused by Chancellor's decision to enter the intersection at speed. He did not consider the state of the car was relevant.
The AFP guidelines for urgent duty driving require an officer to show warning signs, to slow a vehicle and only enter an intersection when safe to do so, providing an opportunity for motorists to give way to police cars.
"There were no extraordinary circumstances that would have justified the offender entering the intersection as he did," Justice Mossop said.
He also said there had been no reason not to use the siren in this incident.
Chancellor will not serve any of his four-month sentence in full time custody but must comply with a 12-month good-behaviour order.