Author: By Alayna Alvarez; ColoradoPolitics.com

The Denver Police Department intends to ban all chokeholds, require body cameras for SWAT officers during tactical operations, and require a use-of-force report when an officer points a firearm at someone. Denver police Chief Paul Pazen informed his Use of Force Committee of the policy changes on Sunday afternoon, according to an email obtained by…

The Denver Police Department terminated officer Thomas McClay, who posted a photo on Instagram with two other officers in riot gear with the caption, “Let’s start a riot.” “The Denver Police Department initiated an Internal Affairs investigation into a social media post by Officer Thomas McClay,” the police department said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.…