Tag: Police Officer
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Dad, 16-month-old son watch police from all over in procession for fallen Arvada officer
Chris Whiteman and his 16-month-old son, Micah, stood alone at the crossroads of Colorado Highway 7 and 119th Street east of Lafayette, waiting for the hundreds of police and rescue vehicles to stream past them. The police procession was escorting the body of a slain Arvada Police officer. They happened to be the only two…
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Northglenn police search for man who assaulted officer, drove off
The Northglenn Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of assaulting a police officer on Saturday. Officers were sent to the 10700 block of Acoma Street at 10:30 p.m. for reports of two suspicious men in a truck with a weapon, according to a news release Police said the…
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Jeanne Assam, who stopped Colorado Springs shooting, praises Lakewood officer
Jeanne Assam of Denver is one of the very few women who know what Lakewood police officer Ashley Ferris is going through. Ferris on Monday stopped a shooting rampage that left five people dead in Denver and Lakewood. Assam, a former police officer, stopped a gunman from killing more parishioners at New Life Church in…
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Greenwood Village police release name of former officer involved in deadly Thanksgiving Eve altercation
The Greenwood Village Police Department has released the name of a former police officer who was involved in a deadly altercation in southeast Aurora on the night before Thanksgiving. A records request made by The Denver Gazette confirmed that 36-year-old Adam Holen resigned Nov. 1, after spending over five years on the force. There is…
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Officer seriously injured after being struck by driver suspected of being under the influence
A person is in custody after their vehicle hit a Denver police officer on Interstate 25 Sunday morning. #TRAFFIC: #DPD is investigating an officer involved traffic crash at NB I-25 and W Colfax Ave. The officer was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. The other involved motorist left the scene but has been taken…
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Robber who shot and struck Cherry Hills officer sentenced
A then-17-year-old man who shot a Cherry Hills police officer during a home robbery in 2018 was sentenced to more than four-decades in prison, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. District Judge Eric White sentenced Angelo Alston, 20, to 44 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to attempted murder of a police…
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Arvada shooting | New developments: ‘Samaritan’ who died is identified by police
Details slowly emerged Tuesday in Arvada, where a police officer, a Good Samaritan and an alleged gunman died in a shooting in the Olde Town neighborhood a day earlier. The story so far: Arvada Police identified the officer as Gordon Beesley, a 19-year veteran who was a school resource officer at Oberon Middle School. The…
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Denver Police Department hosts full recruit graduation ceremony for first time in over a year
For the first time in over a year, family members, friends and members of the Denver Police Department gathered Friday morning to celebrate the graduation of the latest recruits from the academy and their induction as officers. The class is made up of 21 men and women who endured 27-weeks of rigorous academic, physical and…
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Aurora police officer fired for lying to supervisors, leaving shifts early multiple times
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Aurora Police Department (APD) announced Wednesday the firing of Officer Robert Lyons for dishonesty and theft of time following an investigation by the Internal Affairs Bureau. APD officials said in a release that Lyons…
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Clifton man arrested in connection to officer-involved shooting
A 29-year-old Clifton man was arrested after being discharged from a hospital Wednesday, for his role in an officer-involved shooting on Sunday near Grand Junction, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said. Adams J. Rodriguez is facing 16 charges, including aggravated motor vehicle theft, two counts of second-degree assault on a police officer, two counts of…