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Posted inCartoons

“What’d I Miss?: A magical sentence

by R. Alan Brooks and Cori Redford 2:05 AM MDT on Sep 22, 20233:05 PM MDT on Sep 21, 2023

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.

Posted inCrime and Courts

A Colorado police officers’ use-of-force dashboard will launch this fall. Here’s what to expect.

by Olivia Prentzel 4:04 AM MDT on Sep 20, 20239:15 AM MDT on Sep 20, 2023

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

by Diane Carman 3:02 AM MDT on Sep 3, 20236:57 PM MDT on Sep 1, 2023

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

by Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat 7:16 AM MDT on Jul 31, 20237:16 AM MDT on Jul 31, 2023

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

by The Associated Press 6:19 PM MDT on Jul 25, 20238:12 AM MDT on Jul 26, 2023

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

by Jeanne Segil 1:30 AM MDT on May 28, 20234:04 PM MDT on Aug 7, 2023

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

Boulder Reporting Lab logo by Boulder Reporting Lab 3:25 AM MDT on May 6, 20237:41 AM MDT on May 6, 2023

In removing Lisa Sweeney-Miran, some council members hope to protect the work of the panel. Others worry it will have a chilling effect.

Two Tesla electric chargers.
Posted inCrime and Courts

Fight between Tesla drivers ends in deadly shooting at Denver-area charging station

by Colorado Sun staff & wire report 3:12 PM MDT on May 3, 20236:02 PM MDT on May 4, 2023

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

by The Associated Press 6:20 PM MDT on Mar 31, 20238:00 AM MDT on Apr 1, 2023

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

by The Colorado Sun 2:10 AM MDT on Mar 26, 20234:58 AM MDT on Mar 26, 2023

Author Alan Prendergast wrote “Gangbuster” in a narrative style that captured the colorful and innovative Denver lawman Philip Sidney Van Cise.

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