Tag: Law Enforcement Officers
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Half of Coloradans rate highways unsafe, state troopers score high on professionalism, respect
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Half of Coloradans rate the state’s highways unsafe, even as they gave relatively high marks to Colorado State Patrol troopers for professionalism. A significant majority also said state patrol officers treated them with respect. These were among the highlights of the 2022 Colorado State Patrol Public…
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Polis says red flag law ‘can work better’ than assault weapons ban
Gov. Jared Polis believes Colorado’s red flag law is a more effective tool than an assault weapons ban, which General Assembly Democrats appear to be pursuing. Extreme Risk Protection Orders — which allow family members or law enforcement officers to petition a court to removing firearms from a person who poses an imminent threat to themselves or others —…
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Denver’s police chief hints of supporting reducing traffic stops
Denver’s police chief is open to the idea of examining ways to reduce traffic stops. While that may sound like counter-productive policing, those stops sometimes escalate into violent interactions between the police and civilians and at times end in deaths at the hands of law enforcement officers. Though nothing has been decided for sure, Police…
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Denver Police grant 14-year-old shooting victim’s Christmas wishes
For one high school freshman in Denver, a year that turned traumatic in August ended on a much better note with his Christmas wishes fulfilled by Denver police. A bullet hit 14-year-old Kamorin’s arm in August as he was being driven home on East 14th Avenue from his first day of high school. To protect…
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No charges against officer involved in shootout on The Hill: Boulder DA
The Boulder District Attorney announced Monday a Boulder Police officer acted reasonably and appropriately when he fired at a suspect already involved in a shootout in Boulder’s popular The Hill neighborhood early Oct. 2. Officer Eric Stephens fired his 9 mm service gun at Zakiyy Saadiq Lucas, 22, early that Sunday morning after witnessing Lucas…
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Metro Denver on edge: Community activists press call for police accountability after shootings
The recent spate of officer-involved shootings in metro Denver that placed the metropolis on edge — four in four days — spurred some community activists to action Monday. At a rally on the west steps of the state Capitol Monday, several groups said they are organizing people across the state in response to the recent…
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Accused Planned Parenthood shooter would be competent to stand trial if forced to take medication: Psychologists
The man accused of shooting up a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015, killing three and injuring nine, would be competent to stand trial if he were forced to take anti-psychotic medication, two psychiatrists testified at a federal court hearing Tuesday. Robert Lewis Dear, 64, was first ruled incompetent to stand trial in Colorado Springs…