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Police

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Jess Vigil named to new Department of Safety position to oversee police discipline

    In an attempt to improve the public's trust in the police and the department's disciplinary review system, Manager of Safety Alex Martinez announced the creation of a new position within his office. Former district and country judge Jess Vigil will join the police review process as the deputy manage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    ACLU wants Department of Justice to investigate Denver Police

    The December news that Richard Rosenthal, Denver's Independent Monitor, would be leaving the post for a similar job in British Columbia, was greeted with enthusiasm by some law-enforcement types, who saw him as anti-cop. And their delight wasn't tempered by his office's final scathing report, on vie ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2011

    The Boy Scouts' Police Problem

    Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually abused by cops. Should the Scouts share the blame?

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Occupy Denver: Belongings lost during protests treated as "found and abandoned property"

    ​During the two days of police-attended demonstrations last weekend, the last thing most people at Occupy Denver were thinking about was their stuff. A week later, this has created confusion among many who lost their belongings, which were later collected by the Colorado State Patrol while off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Shane Boor, busted for flipping the bird at state trooper, to be defended by ACLU

    ​During a recent drive to work, Shane Boor indulged in one of America's favorite pastimes: He flipped someone the bird. Trouble is, the person he aimed it at was a Colorado State Patrol officer so unamused that he had a fellow trooper track Boor down and give him a criminal summons. Enter the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Mayor McCheese takes a bite out of crime in England

    ​In the village of West Yorkshire, England, a police force of extraordinary magnitude is taking shape -- the shape of burgers. Due to budget cuts, the town's police force has been pared down to a bare minimum -- so local merchants have decided to use "street marshals" to help in the fight a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    ACLU settles suit over Denver police complaint records

    ​On the eve of going to court in its effort to protect internal investigations records of police officers from public scrutiny, the City of Denver has agreed to settle a lawsuit by forking over many of the documents sought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado.

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Eric Winfield: Artist beaten by Denver cops gets cash, no apology

    Eric Winfield, shortly after his 2007 encounter with three Denver police officers in LoDo.​On Monday night, the Denver City Council approved a $40,000 settlement for Eric Winfield, the Denver artist severely beaten by three police officers as he was making his way through the LoDo crowds after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Hae C. Park, No. 85: Man allegedly killed by business partner Joong Rhee -- but no body found

    Joong Rhee: No body, but big problem.​An unusual announcement moments ago from the Denver District Attorney's Office and the Denver Police Department: A murder charge has been filed even though the body of the victim has yet to be located. Hae C. Park, 64, has been missing since March 27, whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Francis Hernandez: Guilty verdict in ice cream shop crash that killed three celebrated by Aurora Police

    Francis Hernandez is bound for a long spell in stir.​As the Darrent Williams murder trial is getting underway, another high-profile trial has come to an end. A jury has found Francis Hernandez responsible for the deaths of three people in a 2008 crash at a Baskin Robbins. Among the victims: t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Narima Dzhulfayeva, Mile High Murder No. 75: Woman allegedly killed by Roberto Silva, who later committed suicide while in custody

    This is presumably the last photo ever taken of Roberto Silva.​Two people are dead as a result of a thoroughly unromantic incident that took place on Valentine's Day in Glendale -- Narima Dzhulfayeva, who was allegedly murdered by Roberto Silva, and Silva himself, who subsequently killed himse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Timothy McGlothin, accused Hoppin Hooded Bandit, gets busted

    Hoodies are probably in short supply where Timothy McGlothin is cooling his heels.​That didn't take long. Yesterday, we told you about the search for Timothy McGlothin, who authorities (and members of a grand jury) believe was part of bank-robbery group dubbed the Hoppin Hooded Bandits, for t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Have you been pulled over by the worst police impersonator ever?

    Not a photo of the actual impersonation suspect (we're pretty sure).​How convincing a cop was a 24-year-old Colorado Springs man currently being held on felony police-impersonation charges? Well, the vehicle he used was a gray 1995 Cadillac sedan, the sort of car preferred by eighty-year-old r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    Boulder Police on why they want to reign in the Mall Crawl and Naked Pumpkin Run

    Once upon a time on Halloween, the Pearl Street Mall crawled like this.​The Facebook campaign to resurrect the Boulder Mall Crawl, a Halloween tradition that was put down in 1991 because crowds in the tens of thousands got a wee bit too rowdy, is dead -- if it was ever alive. On Wednesday, Rya ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Mile High Murder, No. 37: Christopher Camack killed on 3200 block of Albion Street

    Christopher Camack.​More bloodshed, more death. What a way to start the week. On Friday, a man now identified as Christopher Camack was found shot on the front lawn of a home on the 3200 block of Albion Street, an area captured in a graphic below (if you have problems seeing the image, click ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Mile High Murder, No. 36: Homicide victim found in motel on 9200 block of East Colfax in Aurora

    View Larger Map A grisly find this morning at a motel on the 9200 block of East Colfax, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). Aurora Police Department reps found a dead man whose upper body showed such clear signs of trauma that the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Shaggy Bandit spills all about bank-robbing spree

    Shaggy in action.​Michael A. Kincade, dubbed the Shaggy Bandit, must not take that whole you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent thing very seriously. Shortly after he and an accomplice, the nickname-challenged Christopher Lee Richardson, were captured last week, Kincade gave a jailhouse interview ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Ruh-roh! The Shaggy Bandit caught without Mystery Machine

    A surveillance shot of the Shaggy bandit.​In an August 20 blog, our own Joel Warner told us about the Shaggy Bandit, a scofflaw wanted for numerous bank heists. Shaggy's memorable name came courtesy of the FBI's Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, whose members understand that reporters te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Here's something those new CU cops can do with their time

    ​With students returning to the University of Colorado at Boulder campus for the fall semester, the Boulder Police Department is stepping up DUI patrols -- and the CU cops will be out in greater force, too. The university department has added six more officers as part of an overall plan to red ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Denver Police Department just discovers it's on Twitter

    ​Members of the local media are seldom effusive about the timeliness and responsiveness of the Denver Police Department's public-information office -- and a release issued today exemplifies its effectiveness. or lack thereof. "The Denver Police Department would like the community to know they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Boulder Police Chief finds no wrongdoing in July tasering of mentally impaired man

    Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner.​In late July, Judd Golden, chair of the Boulder branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, wrote a letter to the Boulder Police Department complaining about the July 19 tasering of what he described as "an unarmed and apparently mentally impaired man." He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Mile High Murder: Friends and family seek to solve Billy Ortiz's killing

    The late Billy Oritz.​As noted in a recent blog, local media seems to care more when white people are shot, and often provides comparatively little coverage when Hispanics or African-Americans like those who dominate a list of Denver homicide victims during the first half of 2009 are slain. Th ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2009

    Sonia Sotomayor could declare martial law on Kevin Orcutt's nunchaku

    The late Billy Oritz.​As noted in a recent blog, local media seems to care more when white people are shot, and often provides comparatively little coverage when Hispanics or African-Americans like those who dominate a list of Denver homicide victims during the first half of 2009 are slain. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Video: Westword writer takes a beating from police nunchaku. Don't tell Sonia Sotomayor!

    The writer tries to stick it to the man. Click "Continue" to see the video.​Writing can be painful sometimes. This is particularly true while putting together a feature article about a little-known weapon used by police departments across the country called an Orcutt Police Nunchaku. Nearly thirty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    July 4: What you can blow up and where

    A Flickr photo So you want to set some shit off this weekend? Because different jurisdictions have different rules, fireworks that may be perfectly lawful on one block may be illegal on the next. Most items that neither explode nor leave the ground are permissible in Colorado. But in Wheat Ridge, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Hector Esparza identified as man who died in officer-involved shooting at 4503 Fillmore Street

    View Larger Map Early this morning, Denver Police officers responded to a disturbance call at 4503 Fillmore Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"). According to the DPD, the man, who's just been identified by the Denver Coroner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Possible homicide on the 3100 block of South Dale Court in Sheridan

    View Larger Map The Mile High Murder ticker may move upward again today, as the Sheridan Police Department is investigating what it describes as a "possible homicide." Yesterday, a body was discovered in a car parked on the 3100 block of South Dale Court, an area captured in the graphic above (if y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2009

    Colorado Crimes: Epic brawl at Overland High School

    "I wish I'd gotten a piece of that action...." Plenty of metro-area schools have shut down for the summer -- but there was plenty of action at Overland High School this afternoon. According to the Aurora Police Department, more than fifty high-school age folks took part in at least three separate f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: JonBenét Ramsey and 1990s nostalgia

    As the awful economic news keeps pouring out (Agile Group, anyone?), you can understand the urge to look back at the good old days. Even the bad crimes of the good old days. And so yesterday, the new Boulder District Attorney and the old Boulder Police Chief held a joint press conference to announ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Driving while shmucked up

    As the awful economic news keeps pouring out (Agile Group, anyone?), you can understand the urge to look back at the good old days. Even the bad crimes of the good old days. And so yesterday, the new Boulder District Attorney and the old Boulder Police Chief held a joint press conference to announ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Denver cops' new ride -- pedicabs?

    As the awful economic news keeps pouring out (Agile Group, anyone?), you can understand the urge to look back at the good old days. Even the bad crimes of the good old days. And so yesterday, the new Boulder District Attorney and the old Boulder Police Chief held a joint press conference to announ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    Denver cops' new ride -- pedicabs?

    As the awful economic news keeps pouring out (Agile Group, anyone?), you can understand the urge to look back at the good old days. Even the bad crimes of the good old days. And so yesterday, the new Boulder District Attorney and the old Boulder Police Chief held a joint press conference to announ ... More >>

  • News

    May 1, 2008

    Cease and Desist, Denver Police

    We brake for any diversions – even the DPD.

  • News

    November 8, 2007

    Glendale Prostitution Sting Has Fringe Benefits

    What was blown besides this cop's cover?

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    A Bulky Blue Line

    Some police find the lure of strength-enhancing drugs impossible to ignore.

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    Where the Wilding Things Are

    Denver tries to corral the chaos of LoDo at Let Out.

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2003

    True Blue

    The lives of cops form the core for a peek behind the stereotype.

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Tape Worms

    The camera doesn't lie -- but every picture tells more than one story.

  • News

    June 21, 2001

    The Siege

    The new sheriff vowed to clean up the town of San Luis. For many locals, the price was too high.

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    A State of Denial

    Denver's legal team takes a beating in a police-brutality case.

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Sad But True

    And God said Ha! (Can you blame Him?)

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    The Beat Goes On

    And God said Ha! (Can you blame Him?)

  • News

    December 31, 1998

    Strange but True

    And God said Ha! (Can you blame Him?)

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    End-of-School Sale

    How a mad dash to a Wyoming arms dealer helped Boulder quell its riots.

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Strange but True

    How a mad dash to a Wyoming arms dealer helped Boulder quell its riots.

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Strange but True

    How a mad dash to a Wyoming arms dealer helped Boulder quell its riots.

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    She Fired, They Fired

    The city doggedly presses its case against a deputy dismissed after a shooting incident.

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    The Dunlap Subplot

    While Nathan was being convicted, his family huddled with the police.

  • News

    September 28, 1994

    MARCHING TO A DIFFERENT BEAT

    THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOES LOCAL IN NORTHWEST DENVER.

  • News

    March 23, 1994

    LIFE ON THE EDGE

    IN QUIRKY EDGEWATER, THE CIRCUS IS ALWAYS IN TOWN.OUR TOWN IN EDGEWATER, THE JUDGE IS A CONVICTED FELON. THAT'S JUST FOR STARTERS.

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