Katayoun Donnelly

CFOIC brief: Lakewood’s appeal of body-cam footage ruling ‘an attempt to turn back the clock’ on Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act

Lakewood’s appeal of a judge’s order to disclose blurred body-worn camera footage of police shooting and killing a 17-year-old robbery suspect in 2023 “is a transparent attempt to turn back the clock” on Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and other organizations say.





CFOIC asks Court of Appeals to reverse judge’s ruling that town board’s censure of fellow trustee was not subject to Colorado’s open meetings law

A district court judge made “egregious” errors last year in deciding that Colorado’s Sunshine Law did not require members of an elected town board to discuss the censure of a fellow board member in an open meeting, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition contends in a brief submitted to the Court of Appeals.