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On-duty Commerce City police officer, civilian killed in three-vehicle crash
Commerce City police Officer Curt Holland and Francesca Dominguez died in the crash
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RTD board soundly rejects resolution to replace security with social workers
By The Associated Press Transportation Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado Springs sergeant disciplined for comments on protest video
By The Associated Press Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published
Opinion: Child abuse reports are down, but is abuse just going unseen during the pandemic?
By John Kellner Opinion
Vanessa Wilson named Aurora’s new police chief as department continues facing scrutiny over Elijah McClain’s death
By The Associated Press Crime and Courts Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s 2015 law changing how officer-involved shootings are reviewed still lets police agencies investigate themselves
State lawmakers and prosecutors are vowing to push for and support changes after questions from The Colorado Sun about the measure
Colorado governor signs sweeping police accountability bill into law. Here’s how it will change law enforcement.
Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 217 at a ceremony at the state Capitol on Friday, calling it a landmark piece of legislation that speaks to a national moment of reckoning
The violent death of a childhood friend steered a Colorado author’s writing toward crime — and justice
The horrific incident in award-winning author Donnell Ann Bell's life had a lasting impact on Bell, prompting an interest in law enforcement, investigations and the exhaustive research that guides her fiction
Colorado’s coronavirus lawmaking term was supposed to be subdued. But it’s just as wild as ever.
A spate of controversial bills, from tax increases to vaccines, have made the final days frenetic and frustrating to the GOP and business groups.
Carotid holds would now be banned under Colorado’s police accountability bill, which is nearing passage
Thirteen amendments were passed on Wednesday night, including a requirement that prosecutors notify the public when they forward an investigation into a police-involved death to a grand jury
Day and night: Organizers of Denver protests say mayhem after dark is muddying their message
The daytime protests over George Floyd’s death have provided a space to collectively mourn and rally against police brutality. Many are heartbroken over the destruction that comes after dark.
Littwin: Tear gas, anger and confusion on the streets of Denver, finger pointing in the Capitol
“In a real sense our nation’s summers of riots are caused by our nation’s winters of delay,” MLK said in 1967.
Opinion
Robberies dropped, fights between roommates spiked: How quarantine affected crime in Colorado
Statistics and anecdotal evidence suggest that targets shifted with the closures, which in some areas also may have veiled an anticipated rise in domestic violence
Coronavirus has Coloradans driving fast and furious. Knock it off, law enforcement says.
Tickets for drivers speeding more than 40 mph over the limit remain high even as Colorado traffic has declined as much as 80%. “There are no autobahns in Colorado, but some drivers right now seem to think there are,” one state trooper says.
