Tag: Denver Police Department
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Denver City Council to weigh affordable housing preservation
An affordable housing preservation ordinance is among the top policy items the Denver City Council will consider during Monday’s regular meeting. The resolution, if approved, will waive the City and County’s rights of first refusal and first offer, as provided by Colorado State law. HB24-1175 grants a local government the right of first offer and…
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Denver police modifies two patrol districts
Denver Police Department officials on Thursday announced the department will modify two of its patrol districts in the northeast and downtown sections of the city. The affected districts are Patrol Districts Two and Six. District Two will be expanded to take some of the burden off of officers in District Six, who patrol the downtown…
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1 hospitalized in Denver police shooting near Dry Gulch Park
One person was injured and hospitalized in a police shooting near Lakewood / Dry Gulch Park in west Denver on Tuesday evening. The suspect, a man, was armed with a rifle-type gun and threatened a responding officer with it while hiding in an alleyway in the area of 1000 South Quitman Street, Denver Police Department…
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Denver officials, artists highlight start of Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Artist Jaz Palmer stood in front of a collection of local art in Lakewood to start Sexual Assault Awareness Month. When Palmer was 16, she told her mother that she had been assaulted by a family member. Her mother did not believe her. “That was a really, really difficult experience,” Palmer said. “It is so…
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News Nuggets: Clothing drive, upcoming city office closure
Denver Police clothing drive District 2 Denver police officers are partnering with the Masonic Cultural Center – Centennial Lodge No. 4 to host a clothing giveaway for men and women. Residents who have gently used women’s or men’s business attire, shoes, or accessories are asked to drop off those items at any of DPD’s six…
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Battle of the Badges connects cops, community and cancer
For Aurora and Denver first responders, the gloves come on for a good time and a good cause Guns down, gloves up. That was the mantra last Saturday night for the 30 Denver and Aurora police officers, firefighters, corrections officers and junior fighters who gathered, along with 3,000 fans, to join in a friendly, 15-bout…
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Denver police chief on mask ban, mayor’s orders: ‘What enforcement looks like, I’m not exactly sure’
As Denver takes steps to restrict federal agents conducting immigration enforcement in the Mile High City, its police chief said he is unclear as to how two new measures would be enforced. “I don’t know, to be honest with you. I don’t know what that (enforcement) looks like,” Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas told The…
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1 dead, another hospitalized after southwest Denver shooting
One person died and another was hospitalized after shooting in southwest Denver Saturday, Denver Police said. Police first posted on social media at 5:42 a.m. Saturday saying that a man was taken to the hospital with leg injuries after a shooting in the 1500 block of West Maple Avenue. They then followed up that a…
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Denver Sheriff’s deputy arrested for selling vape pen to detention center inmate
A Denver Sheriff’s Department deputy was arrested Wednesday for allegedly selling a vape pen to a detention center inmate. Aniel Martinez, 33, faces charges of official misconduct and introducing contraband after he sold a purple vape pen to an inmate in the department’s Downtown Detention Center for $60 on Jan. 2, according to court documents…
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Denver police chief: Officers will intervene when they see ‘excessive force’ by ICE
Denver Police Department Chief Ron Thomas said Wednesday that his officers would step in if they witnessed any “excessive force” used by federal agents during operations in the city. “If we see a federal officer who we believe is using excessive force, then I think our expectation is to intervene in that situation,” Thomas said…