Tag: Dillon Michael Vakoff
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Arvada Police Chief Link Strate retires
Arvada Police Chief Link Strate announced his retirement effective Dec. 31, according to a news release. Strate is retiring after 35 years with the Arvada Police Department. He started with the Department in 1987, when he joined as a patrol officer. Strate worked his way through the ranks, becoming a motorcycle officer and getting promotions…
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Police identify man arrested in shooting death of Arvada police officer
Arvada police have arrested Sonny Thomas Almanza, 31, of Arvada on suspicion of murdering a peace officer in connection with the shooting death of Officer Dillon Michael Vakoff, court records show. Vakoff was fatally shot around 1:40 a.m. Sunday while responding to a disturbance in the 6700 block of West 51st Avenue. Almanza and a…