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As communities reckon with deep problems in policing highlighted by the murder of George Floyd, some advocates are working toward what they say is one solution: achieving gender parity.

Body camera footage released Friday in the case of a Greeley police officer accused of using a chokehold during an arrest shows him putting his arm around a man's neck and holding it there for about 10 seconds shortly after handcuffing him.

Now that police can be held personally liable for civil rights violations, getting insured against that risk is under discussion.

During the pandemic and amid a national push to reform policing, some departments have lost officers and struggled to fill vacancies.

The fate of a Boulder apartment complex police once labeled as a 鈥渉aven for criminal activity鈥� could soon be altered by a police chief with more faith in data than patrols, a mother tired of living in fear when the sun goes down and a Hispanic officer who says his heritage is helping him gain the trust of residents.

From COVID-19 to wildfires to protests and new police reform legislation, officers in Colorado have been dealing with compounding stressors recently.

Police officers often respond to mental health-related calls, but don't always have the skills or time to fully deal with these issues. That鈥檚 where co-responder teams 鈥� consisting of an officer and a mental health clinician 鈥� come in.

In 2019, video of an incident between Boulder police and a young Black Naropa University student outside his apartment went viral. The incident sparked national outrage and calls for more oversight of law enforcement and how complaints against them are handled. In response, Boulder created a position for its first-ever independent police monitor.

New research shows high numbers of officers retiring and resigning at departments across the country. Some Colorado law enforcement agencies are seeing the same trend.

Colorado's Supreme Court has ruled that people requesting copies of completed law enforcement internal investigations under state open records law don't need to ask for a 鈥渟pecific, identifiable incident鈥� to get the documents, The Coloradoan reported.