More than a dozen candidates campaigning to be top law enforcement officials in counties across Colorado are running on a unique platform: Not enforcing the law. These candidates fit the profile of a loose movement sometimes referred to as “constitutional sheriffs” whose members promise to act as a bulwark against government overreach and laws passed […]
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Colorado’s guidance to police on the red flag law doesn’t include what to do if someone won’t give up their guns
The board overseeing law enforcement training and procedures in Colorado has released its model policy for how police departments and sheriff’s offices should use the new, controversial red flag gun law when it goes into effect Jan. 1. The law allows a judge to order temporary seizure of guns from someone deemed a significant risk […]
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Lake County Sheriff’s Office unlawfully billed inmates for the costs of locking them up, grand jury says
Jail officials at the Lake County Sheriff’s Office unlawfully billed inmates more than $16,000 for the costs of housing and feeding them without first obtaining court approval, according to a scathing — and rare — public report from a Colorado grand jury revealing a host of deeper problems that existed within the department before leadership […]
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Colorado police agencies now required to release records in internal affairs investigations
By James Anderson, The Associated Press Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation Friday designed to shed light on the conclusions of internal police investigations into alleged officer misconduct by making investigation documents available to the public. The law allows citizens to obtain records of internal affairs investigations, with proper redactions protecting witnesses, victims and others who […]
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The red flag gun bill is now law in Colorado. But that doesn’t mean all the questions around it are answered.
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed the so-called red flag gun bill into law, the most extensive gun-control legislation passed in Colorado since 2013, when a host of measures were approved in the wake of the Aurora theater shooting. While questions around the policy at the Colorado General Assembly might be answered, it doesn’t mean […]
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Colorado’s attorney general says sheriffs who won’t carry out a red flag bill court order “should resign”
As county after county responds to the red flag gun bill making its way through the state legislature by declaring themselves a so-called Second Amendment sanctuary, Colorado’s attorney general says that any sheriff who disregards a court order under the measure “should resign.” “If a sheriff cannot follow the law, the sheriff cannot do his […]