Tag: Colorado agencies: Page 40

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Denver's Public Safety Manager Resigns Over Officer Discipline

Ron Perea's resignation came after a meeting with Mayor John Hickenlooper, who has called in the FBI to investigate the arrest.

August 23, 2010

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Denver PD Re-Opens Internal Probe of Videotaped Arrest

"Additional witnesses and new information has been made available to investigators," the department announced in a news release late Thursday. "As a result, the case has been reopened."

August 19, 2010

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Denver Officers' Association Calls FBI Probe Political

The association's vice president Vince Gavito said the move is "political grandstanding" and the officers involved in the incident have received appropriate discipline.

August 17, 2010

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Denver Settles Use-of-Force Claim From Nightclub Arrest

DeHerrera is calling for the firing of the officers, who he claims filed a false report. An independent monitor had argued that the officers used excessive force.

August 15, 2010

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Colo. School Shooting Suspect Wrestled with Anger, Voices

A Jefferson County judge ordered the alleged shooter, Bruco "Bo" Strong Eagle Eastwood, held on $1 million bail. Eastwood, 32, kept his hands folded in front of him and said nothing Wednesday during his brief court appearance, for which he appeared via closed-circuit video from the Jefferson County jail.

February 24, 2010

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Math Teacher Stops School Shooter at Colorado Middle School

Two students were wounded and hospitalized. Jefferson County authorities identified the alleged gunman as Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood, 32. He was held on two counts of attempted murder, said Jacki Kelley, spokeswoman for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

February 23, 2010

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Would-Be Colorado Cop Killer Suspected of New Mexico Serial Rapes

Investigators have used DNA evidence to link a man accused of trying to kill a Pueblo, Colo., police officer and his family last month to the series of "Ether Man" rapes spanning two decades in New Mexico and Texas.

November 2, 2009

Technology

Colorado Sheriff Uses Unmanned Aircraft For Search-and-Rescue Ops

The Mesa County (Colo.) Sheriff's Office has begun using the remote-controlled Draganflyer X6 unmanned helicopter to assist with search-and-rescue operations.

October 29, 2009

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Denver, Police Union Reach Budget Agreement to Avoid Layoffs

The union representing the Denver Police Department reached an agreement with the city on Monday, which, if ratified by the union, will mean there will be no layoffs for the department.

September 21, 2009

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Columbine: The Horror Writer

POLICE Magazine editor David Griffith recently spoke with "Columbine" author Dave Cullen about the psychology of Eric Harris, law enforcement response the day of the massacre, the investigation, and how school shootings can be prevented.

September 17, 2009

Training

Douglas County (Colo.) Sheriff's Detention Unit

Inmates at Douglas County Detention Center in Colorado are indeed being punished, but the deputies who work there don't style themselves as punishers. Rather, they work as enforcers and facilitators-maintaining order and teaching life skills that will hopefully reduce the number of "repeat customers" to the jail.

September 16, 2009

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Denver Police Officer Charged, Accused of Using Gun to Speed Up McDonald's Order

A Denver police officer faces felony menacing and weapons charges based on an allegation he pointed a pistol to speed up his order at an Aurora McDonald's in May.

July 20, 2009