Tag: Use Of Force
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Aurora police release use-of-force report
Aurora Police Department officers were involved in 757 use-of-force incidents last year, a 21% increase from the number of incidents in 2022 and 29% more than in 2021. The report, which Aurora police officials have said will become an annual report, describes “use of force” as an incident in which an officer uses “force to…
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Thornton police officer won’t face criminal charges after use of force, despite DA frowning on actions
A sergeant fractured a suspect’s spine after tackling him during an arrest in February.
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$100 million lawsuit claims Colorado officer violated policy, paralyzed suspect
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs police officer is facing a $100 million lawsuit from a man who was reportedly tased and paralyzed two years ago. Attorneys representing Jacob Root claim that police officer Robert Comstock violated the…
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Case against ex-Aurora police officer accused of striking man with gun now in hands of jury
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The case of a former Aurora police officer accused choking and striking a man with his gun he was trying to take into custody is now in the hands of an Arapahoe County jury. John Haubert resigned from the force after he was charged. He had spent three years with the Aurora Police Department when…
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Elijah McClain Case: Toxicology, use of force experts to take stand
Carotid holds, police use-of-force procedure and a selfie mocking Elijah McClain’s death were discussed Friday in a motions hearing which offered a sneak preview into one of three upcoming trials in the high-profile case. Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard was in the courtroom for the five-hour motions hearing dressed in civilian clothes. He was placed…
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Aurora sues Denver for costs of excessive force lawsuits filed after George Floyd protests
Aurora filed a lawsuit asking for the Denver District Court to require Denver to pay legal fees, settlements and jury awards in lawsuits that include Aurora arising out of the 2020 protests sparked by George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Aurora wants enforcement of an agreement and state law that the city says obligates an agency…
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Calls for police accountability increase as citizens wait for Denver PD investigation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Calls for police accountability and for transparency with the investigation into the Denver Police Department’s training policies are escalating five days after three officers fired into a crowd of people early Sunday morning, hitting six bystanders and a suspect whom they say pointed a gun…
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Judge green-lights lawsuit for trial against Adams County deputy who killed man
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge has green-lit an excessive force lawsuit for a jury trial, stemming from an Adams County deputy’s fatal shooting of a 19-year-old in 2017. U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martínez determined it was…
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Judge says man suing Aurora may use AG’s investigation into police department
Two months after the Colorado Attorney General’s Office released a report concluding that Aurora police have a pattern and practice of excessive force and racially-based law enforcement, a federal judge allowed a man to incorporate the report’s findings into his own excessive force claims against the city. U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak on Thursday granted…