Police

Fort Collins resident Harris Elias stands next to light post at a streetlight intersection.

Northern Colorado residents file lawsuits after false DUI arrests

Michael Lyle

Over the last three years, five people filed six total lawsuits against a couple former Northern Colorado police officers. The lawsuits allege the plaintiffs were wrongfully arrested for driving under the influence.

Simon Glass, left, and his wife, Sally Glass, speak, on May 23, 2023, during a news interview in the offices of the couple's lawyers in Denver.

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Ex-sergeant pleads guilty to failing to stop fatal standoff with man in mental health crisis

One of two Colorado law enforcement officers accused of needlessly escalating a standoff that led to the death of a 22-year-old man suffering a mental health crisis has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. He was sentenced to two years of probation. Kyle Gould pleaded guilty Thursday to failing to intervene to stop the the unlawful use of force against Christian Glass. Glass was fatally shot last year by a deputy under Gould's command after Glass called for help when his SUV got stuck. Gould wasn't at the scene but watched what was happening using live body camera footage. Prosecutors alleged Gould gave Buen permission to remove Glass from his vehicle even though he wasn't suspected of having committed any crimes.

A large group of people protesting police violence sit on a darkened city street. Hundreds are visible, many crouched, some standing. All of them are holding up cellphones with the flashlights turned on, illuminating a sea of white points of light.

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Rogue cops still licensed to carry a badge despite government reforms

Susan Greene, Colorado 暗黑爆料 Collaborative

Colorado promised transparency around police misconduct, but is still not holding most rogue cops publicly accountable.

Consultant Farah Muscadin, who oversaw the revisions to the police oversight ordinance, outlines some of the changes during a Boulder City Council meeting on October 19th, 2023.

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Boulder City Council votes unanimously to overhaul police oversight guidelines

Leigh Paterson

After months of meetings and revisions, the city of Boulder has new guidelines for its police oversight panel, following a city council vote Thursday night.

A demonstrator carries a black-and-white image of Elijah McClain during a rally and march with other demonstrators visible walking and holding signs in the background.

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The pain and promise of Elijah McClain鈥檚 legacy deepen as police face trial for his death

Robyn Vincent

All eyes are on an Aurora courtroom for the Elijah McClain case that went on trial last week. Mclain, a 23-year-old Black man, died four years ago during a violent encounter with Aurora police and paramedics. His death has had major reverberations in Colorado and far beyond.

At night, a Denver Police Department officer in blue uniform holds the right wrist of a person wearing a helmet who is laying on a street while three other officers in uniform stand upright behind with smoke in the background.

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暗黑爆料 brief with The Colorado Sun: State poised to release police use of force data

Nikole Robinson Carroll

The Colorado Sun editor David Krause joined us to discuss an anticipated new state report on police use of force.

Prosecutor Jonathan Bunge speaks with a right arm raised wearing a dark suit and standing next to a wooden podium with people dressed formally seated in rows of chairs, with a front panel of people seated in front of wooden tables with laptops open.

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Testimony begins in officers' trial over death of Elijah McClain, who was put in neck hold, sedated

Colleen Slevin, Associated Press

Prosecutors are set to call their first witnesses in the trial of two Denver-area police officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The Black man was put in a neck hold by officers and injected by paramedics with a powerful sedative in a case that spurred police reform in Colorado.

At night, a white police vehicle with flashing blue and red lights idles between two white signs indicating a railroad crossing with the passenger door open as a dark blurry image of a train in motion approaches the police vehicle from the passenger side.

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Former Colorado officer gets probation for putting woman in police vehicle that was hit by a train

Associated Press

A former Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked vehicle that was hit by a freight train last year, causing the woman to suffer a traumatic brain injury, has avoided a jail sentence.

Denver school board members Auon'tai Anderson, right, Carrie Olson, and Scott Baldermann discuss whether to keep police in Denver Public Schools at a June 15 board meeting. The board recently agreed to release the recording of a previous executive session on police in schools.

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暗黑爆料 brief with Chalkbeat: Denver Public Schools releases tape of closed meeting about school police

Nikole Robinson Carroll

Chalkbeat Colorado Bureau Chief Erica Meltzer joined us to discuss the Denver school board's unanimous vote last week to release a recording of a closed meeting in March about bringing police officers back into schools.

Sally Glass, front, and her husband, Simon, show a piece of artwork done by their son, Christian

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Gov. Polis establishes Christian Glass Day, apologizes for shooting death

Leigh Paterson

Governor Jared Polis has established today, May 24th as Christian Glass day. The proclamation is a tribute to the 22-year-old Boulder resident who was shot and killed by police in Idaho Springs last summer.