Crime & Safety

Denver police arrest 13-year-old accused of killing bus passenger for blocking aisle

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By Daniel Boniface | Denver Gazette A 13-year-old boy was arrested after Denver police alleged he fatally shot a 60-year-old man after an argument on a bus on Saturday. The Denver Police Department said the verbal exchange appears to have started because the victim’s leg was blocking the aisle on the bus. The verbal exchange […]

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Kill a police K-9, go to jail: Colorado bill would make harming, killing law enforcement animals a felony

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DENVER (KDVR) — A bill that would increase penalties for individuals who harm law enforcement animals passed through a Colorado House committee Tuesday, bringing it one step closer to becoming a new law.

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Colorado has the nation’s third-longest waitlist for people charged with crimes and ordered into psychiatric treatment

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The number of state-run psychiatric beds for people who are civilly committed or ordered by the criminal justice system shrunk by 20% in seven years, according to a new report

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The Cost of Doing Business in Denver: Senseless Policies & Band-Aid Bailouts

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In a recent report by Axios Denver, the city’s laughable attempt to salvage struggling businesses from the impact of nearby homeless encampments has laid bare the failures of Denver’s misguided policies on housing immigrants, lax drug regulations, and the acceptance of near-permanent encampments.

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Colorado’s Attorney General Grants $3.9M for Opioid Abuse Treatment in Prisons

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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has recently come under fire for allocating a staggering $3.94 million grant to the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) for the treatment of opioid addiction. Critics argue that these funds should have been prioritized for law enforcement to prevent the distribution, sale, and use of opioids first.

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