Ouray County Plaindealer: The Ouray Police Department has been cleared in a complaint alleging some of its officers used excessive force against a juvenile last year. But the substance and details of the complaint and the investigation report remain secret because city officials claim they can withhold them because it involved a juvenile who completed a diversion program and had the records expunged from the court system.

The majority of the documents – a 10-page citizen complaint filed Feb. 19 and a 9-page internal investigation report – have been blacked out by city officials who claim the officers accused of misconduct cannot be identified and the allegations against them are also protected.

The city said anyone connected to the juvenile’s arrest and details of the complaint and the investigation must not be released because of laws protecting juveniles in the criminal justice system, and the fact that the juvenile court records were destroyed.

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