Tag: Ron Thomas
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Denver police officers awarded for bravery at annual gala
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Twenty-five Denver Police Department officers received various medals and honors at the Denver Police Foundation’s annual gala on Thursday for “outstanding service, integrity and bravery,” according to Armando Saldate III, Denver’s director of public safety. “You’re an inspiration to your peers and you’re an inspiration…
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DPD chief rejects 2nd request to clear pro-Palestinian encampment, posing conundrum for campus officials | ANALYSIS
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The news that Denver’s police chief refused a second request by school officials to clear the pro-Palestinian encampment on the Auraria Campus raised several questions and appeared to diminish the school administrators’ leverage in their efforts to persuade the protesters to tear down their tents.…
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Denver Police chief says there’s no plan to sweep the Auraria Campus protest again
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said at a citizens oversight board meeting on Friday that the police department has no plans to participate in another sweep of the pro-Palestinian encampment on the Auraria Campus. “We absolutely aren’t going to go in and sweep out this…
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2 Denver officers won’t be charged in November shooting
The officers shot and injured a man with a handgun in his waistband on Nov. 27
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Big Brother or crime fighter? Elbert County says ‘no’ to license plate readers
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In a clash between personal freedoms and technology-driven public safety, the guys controlling Elbert County’s purse strings won. In May — to the dismay of the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office — its own panel of county commissioners became what is likely the first governmental entity in Colorado to challenge the reach of cutting-edge surveillance technology…
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What Colorado cities are doing about auto theft
Last June, Colorado newcomer Eliska Smiga grew wide-eyed by its beauty, but blind to its monstrous auto theft problem. “I came from small-town Texas where you leave your doors unlocked,” Smiga said. Her love affair with the mountains soured when in her 2014 Hyundai sedan was stolen twice in a four-week period. “The welcome wagon…
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Downtown bar owners publicly thank Denver Police Department
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Owners of a Lower Downtown Denver bar where five people were shot publicly thanked Denver Police Thursday, both for officers’ quick actions immediately after the mass shooting and in apprehending the suspected shooter. After the September shooting outside of Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row, more than 50 Denver Police officers sprang to action, rendering aid, searching…
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Mayor Mike Johnston reappoints Denver fire chief, sheriff
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has reappointed the sheriff and fire chief to their positions, his office announced Friday. Sheriff Elias Diggins has helmed the Denver Sheriff Department since July 2020. Fire Chief Desmond Fulton was appointed in October 2020. The appointments await the City Council’s approval. “These are leaders who have grown up in this…
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Denver police release bodycam footage of two critical incidents
One incident involved an officer shooting at a suspect, the other involved a medical incident
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Denver Police, Mayor Johnston cut ribbon on new Montbello district station
The new District Five station is located at 12025 East 45th Avenue