- Colorado will require both agencies to overhaul rules around use of force, ketamine and hiring practices.
- The 32-count indictment released Sept.1 details how Elijah McClain's encounter with Aurora Police unfolded the night of Aug. 24, 2019.
- A grand jury has indicted the Aurora police officers who were involved in Elijah McClain's death two years ago.
- State leaders say knowing how to interact with people is as important a skill for a police officer as knowing how to use a firearm.
- From holding lonely vigils near the spot where police stopped her son, to watching thousands march in his name, Sheneen McClain says her work to improve policing and honor his legacy will never end.
- A new report presented to city council finds that a handful of officers are responsible for a large number of use-of-force incidents, and that Black men are disproportionately the targets.
- The law allows a judge to issue an “Extreme Risk Protection Order” that bans someone from possessing firearms for up to 364 days.
- Kyle Vinson spoke Tuesday about his arrest and how he may move forward with a lawsuit against the Aurora Police Department.
- Colorado's police reform law requires cops to intervene when another officer uses force and, so far, five have faced consequences.
- Body camera footage shows that officer John Haubert strangled and beat up a nonviolent and unarmed Black man.
- The department has also released body camera video from the incident, in which an officer beat and strangled an unarmed man while another officer failed to intervene.
- CPR justice reporter Allison Sherry on efforts to control a rising crime rate while improving police methods.
- The study found that while arrests fell overall, there are still clear racial disparities in who is being charged with cannabis-related crimes.
- A year after George Floyd’s murder and the summer of protests that followed, communities and law enforcement in places like Northeast Park Hill in Denver are wondering what approach is the right one.
- Attorneys General from 48 states including Colorado were dealt a major blow recently when a federal judge dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. So what now, and where does a similar lawsuit against Google stand? Colorado attorney general Phil Weiser talks with CPR justice reporter Allison Sherry about these issues and others, in a discussion through the Vail Symposium.
- Arvada police confirmed Friday that one of their officers fired the shot that killed “good Samaritan” Johnny Hurley during Monday’s attack that also left a veteran officer and his suspected ambusher dead.
