For the Craig Press
The city of Craig in January settled a lawsuit alleging excessive force against two officers over a 2018 tasing incident, the second civil rights complaint of its type filed against police force members since July.
Croix Orona’s federal complaint didn’t attract the level of publicity generated by another lawsuit with video exhibits of officers tasing a man purportedly experiencing a mental health crisis at his residence on Feb. 18, 2020.
The civil lawsuit by Orona, however, cast police in a similar light as the three officers being sued by another local resident, Grayson Dennis: law enforcement allegedly escalating a matter by tasing and hurting an individual at his residence. For its part, the city maintained in court filings its officers acted in good faith during the Orona incident, and in the case of Dennis, the police deployed the tasers in reaction to his “acts and conduct,” according to court filings.
Moffat County Superintendent Scott Pankow.
The last six months as interim Superintendent for Moffat County School District has been challenging for Scott Pankow, but those six months wading through the ever-changing waters has landed him a new three-year contract as superintendent of MCSD.
The decision was finalized during Thursday night’s Board of Education meeting.
Pankow’s three-year deal will kick in on July 1, 2021, officially removing the interim tag.
“I’m excited and proud to lead the district, and humbled to have shared leadership for the next three years,” Pankow said Friday afternoon. “I really would love to see this district continue moving forward.”
BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS: Students head out of Craig Middle School along Yampa Avenue Wednesday afternoon following a day of classes. Moffat County returned to school on Jan. 4 following holiday break, and is looking to pick up where the district left off at the end of 2020. For more on the return to school, turn to page 9. (Max O Neill / Craig Press)
With school back in the swing of things in Moffat County, the district and teachers are taking the lessons learned from the first semester and applying them to the second semester, which could have some promising changes later in the year.