Who’s influencing Denver officials? City Council aims for overhaul of lobbyist reporting requirements
The people who are paid to influence policy in Denver city government may soon have to publicly report a lot more about their activities ...
Colorado man awarded $50,000 after being banned from public agency’s social media
The Colorado State Patrol recently agreed to settle a civil complaint filed on behalf of a man who criticized the agency on one of its social media platforms. ...
Aurora police communication policy changes raise concerns for public safety, press freedom
An Aurora City Council decision to alter social media policies for the police department has raised concerns from press freedom and public safety advocates, who worry that limiting what police can release to the public will impact safety and limit media professionals’ ability to access crime information ...
This tiny town near Denver has 12 blocks, 600 people and a lot of drama
Loecher alleged the meeting was meant to discuss creating the position of town administrator, not selecting someone for the position. Loecher’s attorneys also argued that a group of council members was discussing town matters privately in violation of open meeting laws ...
As street camera use surges, Colorado legislators grapple with law enforcement, privacy implications
On the one hand, it has proven indispensable to law enforcement departments, which characterize the street cameras as force multipliers and credit them for reducing crime. On the other hand, some policymakers and advocates worry about their implication for privacy rights, even as others charge that data from the cameras have been shared with federal authorities ...
Grand County public safety radio communication transfers to encryption
The Grand County Communications Center announced that, effective May 22, countywide public safety radio communications, including law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services, will transition to an encrypted radio platform ...
D-20 superintendent invited unauthorized ‘person of interest’ to special board meeting, leading to termination
Academy District 20 (D-20) Superintendent Jinger Haberer was suddenly fired from her position by the D20 Board of Education for reasons that remain unclear ...
Denver ICE deputy, former Lakewood agent, arrested for manipulating body camera
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deputy and former Lakewood Police Department agent was arrested for allegedly manipulating his body-worn camera during arrests ...
DPS to formalize CORA policy practice that lumps multiple requests to collect fees
Denver Public Schools is proposing changes to its CORA policy that would allow the district to combine related open-records requests for fee purposes, raising transparency questions from advocates about how broadly and retroactively the policy could be applied ...
Mesa County DHS mistakenly releases confidential client info
The confidential details were left unredacted, buried within tens of thousands of financial records obtained by The Daily Sentinel through a series of Colorado Open Records Act requests earlier this year ...
