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Colorado Springs City Council President Tom Strand joined the race for mayor Monday and promised to increase support for public safety if elected.

Consulting group Transparency Matters released their findings on the Colorado Springs Police Department’s use of force last Tuesday, April 26, at Stargazers Theatre, where head researcher Robin Engel discussed the

Colorado Springs police were arresting a growing number of people annually over three years through 2019 and using force against a growing number of them during that same period, as

Council should say ‘yes’

A consulting group hired by the Colorado Spring Police revealed a "Use of Force" report on Tuesday. The group found that the majority of times police pointed guns at individuals were justified, but 14% of cases reviewed were unnecessary.

Officials with the Pennsylvania-based Transparency Matters group heaped praise on the Colorado Springs Police Department in the release of a use-of-force report on the department, but statistics in the study

Transparency Matters, LLC will present findings and recommendations from its independent study of CSPD's use of force.

Does it stop third-party tracking? Or is it just an illusion of privacy?

The former police officer investigating the Colorado Springs Police Department’s use of force practices and examining possible racial bias has previously taken part in reviews that have issued stinging judgements

It was the one year anniversary since De’Von Bailey was shot and killed by a CSPD officer while fleeing a scene. A group of protesters gathered and marched through the Colorado Springs neighborhood of one of the officers and chanted in front of the officer’s home. They were blocking the street and two men in two pickup trucks got into heated arguments with the protesters wouldn’t move. Eventually, the crowds moved and they marched out of the neighborhood. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Ga...