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Editorial: Real oversight of Aurora police is the only solution to trust, accountability problems

Still, years after the city’s trust in law enforcement was shattered, the Aurora City Council still has not delivered what the community was promised and desperately needs — a truly independent, empowered system to oversee, regulate and hold the Aurora Police Department accountable ...

The AG’s office will launch an online portal for Coloradans to document alleged misconduct of ICE agents

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser says his office will launch an online portal where Coloradans can share their concerns and document alleged misconduct by ICE agents that occurs in the state ...

Durango Board of Ethics finds three violations by former advisory board member

The Durango Board of Ethics concluded last week that a former advisory board member violated three sections of the city’s codes of ethics and conduct when he privately emailed a city councilor about public business and attempted to shield the correspondence from the public eye ...

Denver considers ban on face coverings for ICE agents in council proposal

The Denver City Council is considering a new policy that would ban law enforcement officers — including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — from covering their faces during arrest and detention operations ...

Editorial: Holding Colorado lawmakers accountable — live on TV

And hats off to the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, the nonpartisan watchdog that, for the past year-and-a-half, has been dogged in pursuing the change. It will bring more of the sausage making of the state’s legislative process to the screens of taxpayers seeking to access it in real time on a smartphone or computer ...

Colorado judge declares mistrial for man charged with strangling reporter

Four days into a jury trial, a Colorado judge declared a mistrial due to concerns about the competency of a retired Marine charged with harassing and strangling a reporter in the name of “Trump’s America.” ...

Councilmembers mull ICE face mask ban

Two Denver City Council members are proposing a bill to ban federal law enforcement agents from wearing face masks during local operations ...

Newspapers seek sanctions over allegations OpenAI deleted key evidence

Lawyers representing The Denver Post and an array of news organizations suing OpenAI for allegedly stealing and distorting their reporters’ work have asked a Manhattan judge to sanction ChatGPT’s parent company, alleging the tech behemoth deleted millions of conversations they were required to hand over as evidence of copyright infringement ...

CDOC halts parole risk data access after 9NEWS Investigates highlights ‘unacceptable’ assessment errors with risk scores

Not long after the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) admitted 9NEWS Investigates had uncovered an “unacceptable” problem within the way it gauges the risk levels of the state’s 8,000 parolees, CDOC shut off the public’s access to the very documents 9NEWS Investigates used to discover the problem in the first place ...

At trial, Colorado reporter recalls Marine following, strangling him after demanding proof of citizenship

A former TV news reporter recalled before a jury being followed and assaulted by a Colorado man in December 2024, as the stranger demanded proof of his citizenship in the name of “Trump’s America.” ...