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Denver's Reimagining Police Task Force Wants to Eliminate Most Traffic Stops

The task force recommended using civilian city employees for enforcing traffic laws and responding to accidents.

May 28, 2021

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Colorado Deputy Shot Last Week Released from Hospital

Deputy Michael Hutton was shot while answering a call about a burglary of a semi trailer just outside the town of Hugo.

May 25, 2021

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Retiring Officer: "I Am Leaving Colorado For Less Communism"

“I am leaving Colorado for palm trees and less communism,” wrote Daniel Bertelson, who spent 16 years with the Aurora Police Department.

May 25, 2021

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Colorado Deputy Seriously Wounded Responding to Cargo Theft

The shooting was reported just after 3 a.m. by a professional truck driver who was awoken by noises in the area and spotted a man "actively" stealing from the back of a semi-trailer.

May 20, 2021

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Man Found Guilty of Some Charges in Crash That Killed CO Trooper

A more serious charge, criminally negligent homicide, was dismissed by a judge as part of a sanction of the prosecution following a second mistrial in the case.

May 10, 2021

Point of Law

Charges Dropped Against Protesters Who Trapped Colorado Officers in Station

During that protest, about 600 protesters surrounded the Aurora Police Department District One station.

May 7, 2021

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Colorado Troopers Shot at in Drive-By Attack on Station

Troopers say someone inside a vehicle opened fire at them just before 8:30 p.m. Friday.

May 3, 2021

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Suspected DUI Driver Crashes Head-On into Colorado Deputy

A Teller County, CO, deputy was hospitalized Monday night after a suspected DUI driver crashed into him.

April 13, 2021

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Officers Offended by Reference to Historic Slave Patrols as Police During Diversity Training

“The results (of the survey0 showed that approximately 90% of the 50 people who responded were profoundly insulted by the implication that they are racists,” said Doug Wilkinson, the president of the Aurora Police Association.

April 9, 2021

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Hundreds Line Highway to Honor Slain Boulder Officer

Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said the support the department and community has received has been unbelievable.

March 25, 2021

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Slain Boulder Officer Loved His Job and His Family

In 2010, after one of his closest friends died in a DUI crash, he quit, left behind his master’s degree and enrolled in the police academy at age 40, according to his friends and family.

March 23, 2021

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Boulder Shooting Suspect Faces 10 First-Degree Murder Charges

Officials said they are still working to determine a motive in the shooting.  According to Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, the suspect lived "most of his life in the United States," though he did not provide additional information beyond that.

March 23, 2021