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Police departments nationwide have focused more on officer misconduct in the last three years. 

With Chief Joseph Chacon’s announcement, the city manager has asked current APD Chief of Staff Robin Henderson to step in as Interim Police Chief effective the first week of September until a search for a permanent chief is completed.

APD Chief Chacon told city officials that he is retiring. Chief of Staff Robin Henderson will serve as interim chief.

The struggle to recruit and retain new law enforcement officers, especially in light of Senate Bill 217, was the focus of much of the conversation during a community visit Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser held Tuesday at  CSU’s Northeast Regional Engagement Center. Weiser was on his annual tour of northeast Colorado and met in Sterling […]

CHESTER TWP. – When the Chester Police Department starts to hire new officers, the qualities they should be looking for are embodied by Lt. Ron Totams, according to Chester Township

Along with 21 other agencies across Colorado and about 350 across the U.S. and Canada, The Littleton Police Department has officially completed a program that aims to create a law enforcement culture that supports peer intervention.

Figures will be presented to the police services board Thursday, Susan Clairmont writes.

Activists say the energy and purpose of the George Floyd protests continue to fuel social justice fights three years later.

Police officers are rightly held to higher standards, but the training hasnt kept up.

The largest police settlement in Colorado history establishes a crisis response team in Clear Creek County and requires intervention training for all state troopers.