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“What kind of system allows the certification of an officer who takes pleasure in riddling people with extra bullets?” asks Trish Vigil, mother of the carjacking suspect whose fatal shooting Madrigal’s fellow officers say he gloated over. "That's not police discipline. It's a free pass. And it’s disgusting."

UNDISCIPLINED: Colorado promised transparency around police misconduct, but is still not holding most rogue cops publicly accountable. By Susan Greene, Police officers who have been disciplined in their previous departments still allowed to work despite track record of misconduct

The new policy is intended to stop troubled officers leaving one department to restart their careers a few towns over.

Fri, 02/26/2021 HUTCHINSON — As hearings commence on January’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Darin Beck, executive director of the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC), begins work with the Anti-Defamation League’s national Consortium on Fighting Extremism and Hate . ADL launched the consortium in December 2019 to convene leaders from major national law enforcement associations in regular dialogue on efforts to combat extremism and hate. Michael Becar, executive director of...