Tag: Denver Department Of Public Safety
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Measure to disclose Denver’s non-monetary settlements advances
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Denver City Council committee is aiming to increase transparency when it comes to non-monetary legal settlements made by the Department of Public Safety. City officials agreed Wednesday to advance a proposed addition to the city code that would establish a formal policy for disclosing details…
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Denver assistant fire chief fired after bringing loaded AR-15 to public park
The incident happened during a mental health crisis, according to the disciplinary letter
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Frozen and thawing water pipes lead to hundreds of emergency calls in Denver
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The majority of roughly 600 calls that the Denver Fire Department answered on Monday, the coldest day of the polar vortex that covered the metro area over the weekend, involved burst water pipes. And though temperatures picked back up into the mid-to-high 30s on Tuesday, the city received 780 more calls, most of which dealt…
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Denver deputy sheriffs suspended for missing attack on two men in county jail
A pair of Denver deputy sheriffs received 10-day suspensions for not noticing attacks on two inmates in the county jail when they didn’t properly monitor the surveillance camera into the pod, according to decisions issued last month. The inmates did not receive medical treatment until a few days after the attacks on Sept. 17, 2022.…
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What are the Denver mayoral candidates’ public safety priorities? | DENVER VOTERS GUIDE
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Gazette asked 16 candidates for Denver mayor several questions about public safety, including how they would address a police officer shortage, their priorities for the public safety budget and the role they believe community-based alternatives to policing should play. Here are their responses,…
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Who’s responsible? Accountability questions remain after Denver County jailhouse death
Unanswered questions about accountability linger a year after a man died in Denver’s downtown detention center, after several days of begging for medical care as he experienced chest pains, trouble breathing, nausea and losing his ability to swallow medication. Medical staff repeatedly sent him back to his cell even as fellow inmates and sheriff’s department…
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Denver council approves $190,000 settlement for in-custody man sheriff’s deputies sent to hospital naked
Denver City Council Tuesday approved paying a $190,000 settlement to a man who claimed in a lawsuit his constitutional rights were violated when Denver Sheriff’s Department deputies took him unclothed into the Denver Health Medical Center after a mental health crisis where he soiled himself. The lawsuit also claims a captain in the sheriff’s department tried to…
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Denver opens services center intended as arrest alternative
Denver’s Department of Public Safety opened a center this week for connecting people to social and behavioral health services, both from law enforcement referrals in lieu of some arrests and on a walk-in basis. Aimed at addressing root causes of crime, some services offered by the Assessment, Intake and Diversion (AID) Center will include assistance…
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Denver safety committee hears details about potential jail alternative
During a multiagency public safety update Wednesday morning, Denver Executive Director of Public Safety Armando Saldate gave the City Council’s safety committee an overview of its goal to launch an Assessment Intake Diversion Center this summer. The AID Center, which would be located at 14th and Elati, is intended to be an alternative to jail…