Tag: Omar Montgomery
-
Aurora panel highlights hate crime — and how to address it
Aurora authorities are seeing an uptick in hate crime. Since developing a bias-motivated crime investigator position in the Aurora Police Department in September 2021, the city received 24 reports of hate crime through December of that year. In 2022, the city received 41 reports of hate crimes. But from January of this year until now, the…
-
Aurora highlights successes, hurdles in first year of consent decree
A photo of Elijah McClain flashed across the screen and the room fell quiet. Omar Montgomery, co-chair of the Aurora Community Advisory Council helping shepherd the city’s consent decree process, wanted to remind the audience why the community was gathered on a Tuesday night to discuss the city’s progress toward changing its public safety policies.…
-
Aurora hires interim police chief as the municipality struggles for candidates
Time will tell if he decides to pursue a permanent role with the Aurora Police Department, but the man just named as its second interim police chief can’t wait to put on the APD uniform. Art Acevedo loves cops. He loves community policing, and “I absolutely love crime fighting,” he said. “To the cops here…
-
Proposal advances to give Aurora police, fire departments more hiring power
A proposal is in the works that aims to shift hiring power from Aurora’s civil service commission to the police and fire departments, giving them more control over which candidates for entry-level officer and firefighter positions enter the training academy. Already faced with scrutiny from the commission, the proposal will likely be the subject of…
-
Aurora buckles in for potential of lengthy police chief search
More than a month after Aurora restarted its search for its next chief of police, the city has not received any formal applications. Some recruits approached about the job have reportedly been leery of throwing in for the position. There remains no set timeline by which the city aims to name the next chief. Despite…
-
Congressman Jason Crow holds roundtable with African American leaders in Aurora
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow sat down for a roundtable discussion with local African American leaders in Aurora on Thursday. Questions for the congressmen ranged from immigration issues to housing to abortion rights. U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who represents New York’s 6th Congressional District and is the Democratic Caucus chairman, joined Crow for the event. The…