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Polis signs bipartisan prostitution immunity bill for underage human...
DENVER–Governor Polis on Monday signed in to law a bill that gives victims of human trafficking who are minors immunity against prosecution for prostitution, as well as an affirmative defense for other...
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ELBERT COUNTY—Newly-elected Elbert County Sheriff Tim Norton just released bodycam video of the death of 46-year-old Special Forces veteran Christopher “Matt” Poer during a confrontation with deputies...
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Douglas County School District takes comments from parents and students on...
Three themes emerged at the Douglas County School Board meeting Tuesday evening addressing the shootings at the Highlands Ranch STEM School: Securing schools, armed personnel in the schools and...
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Colorado Supreme Court: Alert by pot-detecting dog can’t justify search,...
DENVER–Drug-sniffing dogs in states that have legalized marijuana should be worried about their job security in light of a decision that the Colorado Supreme Court issued on Monday. Confirming the 2017...
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How Colorado’s ‘Red Flag’ law prompted a growing Second Amendment sanctuary...
DELTA COUNTY–The Delta County Board of County Commissioners’ work session on March 12, 2019, was standing room only. Nearly 250 residents had packed into the county building in Western Colorado. Every...
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Greeley City Council to consider changing how police record requests are handled
GREELEY — The Greeley City Council will consider whether to make changes to how the city handles police records requests from the media after Complete Colorado filed a complaint with the city over the...
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Natelson: ‘Red flag’ laws historically about deception rather than safety;...
Under pressure to “do something” about mass killings, some Republican politicians have followed their Democrat counterparts by endorsing red flag laws. These laws authorize confiscation of firearms if...
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Caldara: Guilty until proven innocent the new #MeToo media standard
This column is not about “blaming the victim,” though many will say it is. It is about the inequity in the real-world when someone is accused of sexual abuse. The Denver Post published a story about a...
View ArticleVIDEO: Weld Sheriff Steve Reams pans Colorado’s ‘Red Flag’ law
DENVER– Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams has been a vehement critic of Colorado’s so-called “red flag” law. So much so that he made national headlines for saying he would rather go to jail than enforce...
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Concealed handgun permits continue to increase in Colorado, across the nation
ALEXANDRIA, VA–A new report from the Crime Prevention Research Center analyzes the spread of legal concealed carrying of firearms nationwide. There has been a 304% increase in concealed carry...
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Greenwood Village owners of home destroyed by SWAT team appeal ruling denying...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLO–A SWAT raid on a home in 2015 in pursuit of an armed shoplifter who refused to come out resulted in the Greenwood Village home of Leo, Alfonsina and John Lech being destroyed by...
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One year after startup, Severance Police Chief on unpaid leave, sergeant no...
SEVERANCE, COLO — Just more than one year after the small Northern Colorado town of Severance established its first-ever police department, its Chief is on unpaid administrative leave and a sergeant is...
View ArticleFiscal analysis assumes 95% of gun confiscation orders to be granted under...
DENVER–The Colorado legislature’s official fiscal analysis of the state’s new “red flag” law, which took effect last week, projects that police and “family or household members” will use it to seek gun...
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Arrest made in the murder of Greeley trumpet player Scott Sessions
FORT COLLINS — A 48-year-old Greeley man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 53-year-old Greeley musician. Kevin Dean Eastman was arrested Sunday, on charges of 1st Degree Murder (a...
View ArticleDA Brauchler: Rushed police accountability bill not all bad, problem parts...
DENVER–The sweeping “Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity” bill, Senate Bill 20-217, is moving through the state legislature at a rapid clip. It was introduced on June 3, amended and passed June 4 by the...
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Armstrong: Panic is no excuse for harming someone
UPDATE: According to a June 9 media release, the ‘gay-panic” defense bill has been reintroduced as Senate Bill 20-221. A basic principle of conservatism and libertarianism is that people normally are...
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Caldara: To get rid of bad cops, start with their unions
Did government unions kill George Floyd? The police officer who is charged with the murder of George Floyd had 18 complaints filed against him with the police’s internal affairs department, an average...
View ArticlePolice accountability bill exempts most state peace officers, avoids...
DENVER–The “Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity” bill, Senate bill SB20-217, first introduced June 3, was substantially amended and passed during Senate floor work Tuesday and amended again by the House...
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Caldara: Gun laws should apply equally to police
The police should be held to the same laws they enforce upon us. They are not. The glaring example of this inequity: Gun control. American law enforcement was unique in history because police authority...
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Van Beek: The side of policing you don’t see in the news
The role of law enforcement has been the main topic of news for several weeks, due to the irresponsible acts of someone who should never have worn a uniform. There is an honor and self-sacrifice that...
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