The Denver Post: The honesty of top command at the Denver Police Department is in question.

We hope the external investigation that has been launched can quickly resolve whether this was a simple mistake or an intentional effort to deceive the public.

Chief Robert White and Deputy Chief Matt Murray are accused of trying to prevent the public release of a letter that then-District Attorney Mitch Morrissey wrote to White claiming Murray’s mismanagement of a case led to a “wrongful arrest and public exposure of an innocent woman.”

No official internal inquiry into Morrissey’s concerns or Murray’s handling of the case was ever launched. Now, as so often is the case, the alleged cover-up of that letter is where we find our focus, rather than on the original botched case.

We have long maintained that police officers who lie have no place on the force. The public must have the utmost confidence in the police. An officer’s words are taken as gospel in trials and weigh on the veracity of internal investigations into officer misconduct.

Likewise, the rank and file must be able to trust the high command.

If an officer is willing to cover up a letter from an attorney, then where does it end?

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