In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie and Myra have a hard time understanding how egregious behavior they figure puts most people in jail ends with probation for a cop.
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Posted inCrime and Courts
A Colorado police officers’ use-of-force dashboard will launch this fall. Here’s what to expect.
The report and public dashboard, which were due months ago, are mandated under new laws that allow for more public oversight on officers’ use of force with the public
Posted inOpinion Columns
Carman: Another day, another police misconduct settlement in Denver
Paying millions in settlements over police misbehavior year is no solution. Cities should focus on better training and recruitment.
Posted inEducation
Tickets and arrests didn’t go up when SROs reintroduced to Denver schools, police data shows
When school starts in Denver next month, school resource officers will be back
Posted inCrime and Courts
Colorado cop on trial for putting suspect in car hit by train says she didn’t notice the tracks
Officer Jordan Steinke said she was focused on the suspect and the potential threat she posed
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: A new law tilts the legal scale against police who lie to children to extract confessions
The legislation will prevent wrongful convictions and make all of us safer by increasing trust between communities and law enforcement officers.
Posted inCrime and Courts
Boulder City Council removes Police Oversight Panel member, prompting threat of legal action
In removing Lisa Sweeney-Miran, some council members hope to protect the work of the panel. Others worry it will have a chilling effect.
Posted inCrime and Courts
Fight between Tesla drivers ends in deadly shooting at Denver-area charging station
Man who turned himself in is released after fatally wounding 33-year-old man outside Edgewater food hall, police say
Posted inClub Q Shooting
Video of Club Q shooting will be kept out of public view
COLORADO SPRINGS — Surveillance footage capturing the attack at a gay nightclub that left five people dead and 17 others wounded will not be made public until it is presented at trial, a judge ruled Friday. Prosecutors and defense attorneys had argued that releasing the gruesome video could make it difficult to seat an impartial […]
Posted inSunLit Interviews
Alan Prendergast tracked down “missing pieces” behind legendary Denver lawman
Author Alan Prendergast wrote “Gangbuster” in a narrative style that captured the colorful and innovative Denver lawman Philip Sidney Van Cise.