Tag: Paul Pazen
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Paul Pazen, a former police chief, launches bid for Denver City Council
Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen announced his bid for the District 2 City Council seat to be vacated by Kevin Flynn in 2027. Flynn is term-limited. Pazen, who began his law enforcement career in 1995 with the Denver Police Department, rose through the ranks to become the agency’s chief, retiring in 2022 after close…
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Denver’s first female district attorney says leaving office will be ‘bittersweet’
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann’s office was in mid-pack last week so The Denver Gazette interviewed her in the 2nd Judicial District’s conference room in its cushy new offices in Republic Plaza in downtown Denver. In the interview, she discussed criminal justice, her once-contentious relationship with the Denver Police Department and her love for climbing…
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Denver area struggles to attract police recruits despite high salaries
Departments still having issues filling vacant roles
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Denver crime rates ‘skyrocket’ as policing decreases, Colorado think tank says in report
As the number of uniformed officers per capita dwindled and public safety’s share of city spending — although it remains to be the single biggest item — fell, Denver’s crime rates skyrocketed, according to a new analysis from a think tank. Some 70 miles away, Colorado Springs had the opposite experience. Its crime rate decreased, as…
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Andy Rougeot says Auon’tai Anderson should resign from Denver Public Schools
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Denver mayoral candidate on Monday called on Auon’tai Anderson to resign from the Denver Public Schools board, where he serves as vice president. In a statement, Andy Rougeot, one of 16 aspirants to the mayor’s seat, argued that Anderson put students and staffers in “harm’s…
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Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen says East High School ‘should have been preventable’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Paul Pazen is frustrated. The former Denver police chief not only feels like this is an infuriating movie he has seen before, but he predicted it. And he warned people about it. And nobody listened. “Where is the accountability for bad decisions and bad policy?”…
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Former Denver Police Chief Pazen joins Common Sense Institute as fellow
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen has joined Common Sense Institute as a public safety fellow, the group announced Friday. In a statement, Pazen said he is excited to join the Common Sense Institute. “I believe in utilizing research, innovation, data, and evidence-based methods to…
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Gun violence is rising. Two leaders say Denver schools and police need a new relationship
Nearly a year ago, two former Denver Public Schools administrators pitched an idea for how police and students could form healthy relationships instead of punitive ones. The proposal hasn’t been put into place. Nor have any others that address how Denver schools and city police should work together after a 2020 decision to remove police…
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Federal judge allows another lawsuit over Denver police actions during 2020 protests to proceed
Another federal lawsuit over Denver police’s handling of the 2020 George Floyd protests has been allowed to proceed. A case filed by Robert Dayton alleges on May 31, 2020, four unidentified officers hit him with several pepper balls, and one struck him in the elbow with a flash-bang grenade. Dayton asserts in the lawsuit he…
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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…