Crime & Police

Fort Collins Police Services will face three lawsuits over excessive force, promises a Denver attorney who’s previously settled two cases with the department.

A new permanent license plate reader at a busy Denver intersection raises ACLU concerns about privacy loss and data mining.

Homeless campers who witnessed a hit-and-run accident near Westword‘s Tenth and Broadway offices share details of the disturbing crime.

A new lawsuit claims a cover-up has tainted the investigation into the 2013 murder of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements and a wrongful indictment tied to the Sheriff Terry Maketa scandal in retaliation.

Controversial footage of a fatal Denver police shooting is the first to be released under a new video-evidence policy.

There are plenty of reasons why most Denverites haven’t heard about the September 26 murder Andrew Lowate, and they’re as predictable as they are infuriating.

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Scott Ostrem has pleaded guilty to five counts in connection with a murderous rampage at a Thornton Walmart for reasons the head prosecutor in the case connects to capital punishment.

A mentally ill Colorado man has been in jail since February because he spit on a police officer.

The Denver Police Department is deploying a full-court press in an attempt to catch the man they suspect of killing Dorchester Social security guard Lucardio Kroener.

The Denver Police Department has identified the homicide victim in a shooting on the 1400 block of Market Street early on September 28 as Lucardio Kroener, a 28-year-old security guard.

A double shooting took place in Lower Downtown during the early morning hours of September 28, just twelve days after a triple shooting about a block away.

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford waited to for decades to talk, and I know why.

An incident from April still hangs over the RiseUp Community School.

NBC’s Dateline takes on the case of Scott Kimball and the still-missing woman he’s admitted to killing.

Police reports reveal why two brothers were arrested for a Lower Downtown Denver triple shooting.

Maurice Butler is accused of killing 28-year-old Nicole Boston, 39-year-old Jerome Coronado and 45-year-old Christopher Zamudio.

Denver’s DA has prevailed over a colleague in a dispute over sentencing of juvenile lifers.

Two men and one woman were shot near 15th and Market, a Lower Downtown location that came as no surprise to one person on Twitter.

A high profile mistrial could impact Republican nominee George Brauchler in the Colorado Attorney General race.

There are some 226 High Activity Location Observation, or HALO, cameras in Denver

Colorado has been warehousing the mentally ill in jails for months at a time without bothering to evaluate their condition or ordering any treatment that might help them.