/tags/elevated-risk-police-violence-in-the-mountain-west Elevated Risk: Police Violence In The Mountain West en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:54:33 GMT /news/2021-02-04/outside-looking-in-what-former-officers-think-could-improve-policing Like most of us, police want people to understand their perspective. And if they see a problem, they want to be part of the solution. Sometimes that involves leaving the force and looking at policing from the outside. In the final part of the Mountain West °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Bureau's series, "Elevated Risk: Police Violence in the Mountain West," Madelyn Beck talked with some of those former officers to get their insights. Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:54:33 GMT /news/2021-02-04/outside-looking-in-what-former-officers-think-could-improve-policing Madelyn Beck, Jordan Wirfs-Brock /news/2021-02-03/talking-people-into-handcuffs-one-western-town-offers-lessons-in-good-policing This is the fourth story in the Mountain West °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Bureau series " Elevated Risk ," a project powered by America Amplified , a public radio initiative.... Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:24:26 GMT /news/2021-02-03/talking-people-into-handcuffs-one-western-town-offers-lessons-in-good-policing Nate Hegyi, Jordan Wirfs-Brock /news/2021-02-02/a-montana-family-speaks-out-about-police-violence-against-indigenous-people People of color are at high risk for police violence, and while data on Indigenous people specifically is difficult to come by, the numbers we do have are alarming. In Montana, Indigenous people are 60% more likely than white people to be killed by the police — and that's likely an undercount. For the Mountain West °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Bureau's ongoing series Elevated Risk, Savannah Maher reports on one victim of that statistic. Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:44:14 GMT /news/2021-02-02/a-montana-family-speaks-out-about-police-violence-against-indigenous-people Savannah Maher /news/2021-02-01/mountain-west-has-the-highest-rate-of-people-killed-by-police-in-the-nation Police kill more people per capita here in the Mountain West than almost any other place in the nation. Researchers say there’s one big reason why: guns. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:25:04 GMT /news/2021-02-01/mountain-west-has-the-highest-rate-of-people-killed-by-police-in-the-nation Nate Hegyi