Author: Julia Cardi
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STAR community advisory committee hopes for more influence over program’s operation
The community oversight committee tasked with overseeing Denver’s Support Team Assisted Response program will facilitate their upcoming monthly meeting, rather than city employees, after tensions overflowed last month when an employee in the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment made the singular decision to shut down the meeting. The STAR program launched in June…
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FBI in Colorado identifies nearly 2 dozen sex trafficking victims in Operation Cross Country
DENVER • The FBI and local law enforcement agencies found 11 child victims of sex trafficking and 27 missing or endangered children in an operation this month, the agency announced Tuesday. The operation also found 11 adult victims. John Kellner, Colorado’s 18th Judicial District attorney, said that the child trafficking victims found in the operation…
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Arraignments rescheduled in McClain’s death
The arraignments for the three police officers and two paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death have been rescheduled for Nov. 4. None of the five entered pleas in an afternoon hearing Friday. McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, died in the hospital on Aug. 30, 2019, days after police officers forcibly restrained him, put him…
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Community relationship building focus of forum with Denver police chief
Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen speaks with Executive Editor of the Denver Gazette and Gazette Vince Bzdek and Editor of the Denver Gazette Luige Del Puerto regarding the ‘State of the Streets’ in Denver and beyond. Gazette, Denver Gazette Police need to “do better” with community relationship building to prevent crime and they need to…
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Former Loveland police officer gets jail, probation for role in 2020 violent arrest
Former Loveland police officer Daria Jalali received 45 days in jail and three years of probation for failing to intervene during the violent arrest two years ago of Karen Garner, an elderly woman with dementia. Jalali also can’t work as a law enforcement officer again in Colorado, under the state’s accountability law passed in 2020. “Ms.…
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Searching for reasons behind Colorado’s spike in car thefts
When Denver police arrested Illya Culpepper on April 22 last year in front of the Belcaro Motel on Colorado Boulevard, after growing suspicious of the Chevrolet Suburban he was driving, it was a bit of fortuitous timing. Only nine minutes had passed since the car’s owner had reported it stolen. Officers would learn Culpepper had…
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Searching for reasons behind Colorado’s spike in car thefts
When Denver police arrested Illya Culpepper on April 22 last year in front of the Belcaro Motel on Colorado Boulevard, after growing suspicious of the Chevrolet Suburban he was driving, it was a bit of fortuitous timing. Only nine minutes had passed since the car’s owner had reported it stolen. Officers would learn Culpepper had…
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Aurora police, firefighter pay to rise around 11% in 2023 and 2024
Aurora police officers and firefighters will receive raises of about 11% spread out over 2023 and 2024, according to new agreements with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 49 and the International Association of Fire Fighters . City Council approved the contracts unanimously at its July 11 meeting. The police contract covers patrol officers…
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Magistrate sets $10,000 bond for Jordan Waddy in case connected to LoDo police shooting
DENVER • A magistrate set a $10,000 bond Tuesday for Jordan Waddy, the 21-year-old man accused of assault and weapon possession by a previous offender who was shot by police officers in an incident July 17. Prosecutors had requested a $75,000 cash-only bond, while Waddy’s defense attorney argued for supervised release on personal recognizance. Public…
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Aurora in ‘substantial compliance’ with public safety consent decree: Monitor’s first report
Aurora is in “substantial compliance” with nine mandates that the state set out in its consent decree with the city, including the Fire Department’s use of ketamine, according to a report released by the company overseeing the decree. The city is in varying stages of compliance with the other 27 mandates examined in the report, according to the…