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Pueblo Bomb Squad Officers Injured After Seized Device Detonates During Investigation
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KOAA News, Approved, Local

Pueblo Bomb Squad Officers Injured After Seized Device Detonates During Investigation

By Ashleigh Quintana | KOAA News PUEBLO, Colo. (KOAA) — Two officers with the Pueblo Police Department were injured after an explosive detonated while technicians were working to collect evidence. Both of the officers are with the department's Pueblo Metro Bomb Squad Explosive Ordinance Disposal (PMBS EOD) team. According to the city, around 10:35 a.m. on Thursday, PMBS EOD technicians and para-technicians were in the evidence-processing phase of an ongoing criminal investigation in the department's bomb range. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT KOAA NEWS
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Shooter Dead After Evergreen Incident No Victims Reported
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Shooter Dead After Evergreen Incident No Victims Reported

By Phil Rankin, Parker Gordon, Spencer Kristensen | KDVR PUEBLO, Colo. (KOAA) — Two officers with the Pueblo Police Department were injured after an explosive detonated while technicians were working to collect evidence. Both of the officers are with the department's Pueblo Metro Bomb Squad Explosive Ordinance Disposal (PMBS EOD) team. According to the city, around 10:35 a.m. on Thursday, PMBS EOD technicians and para-technicians were in the evidence-processing phase of an ongoing criminal investigation in the department's bomb range. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT KDVR
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Mask Ban For Federal Agents Advances in Denver Despite Supremacy Questions
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DENVER7, Approved, Local

Mask Ban For Federal Agents Advances in Denver Despite Supremacy Questions

By Óscar Contreras | Denver7 The revised proposal also now calls for law enforcement to clearly identify themselves when operating within Denver; a DHS spokeswoman called the proposal “despicable”. DENVER — A proposal that would ban ICE agents and other law enforcement officers from wearing masks in Denver is closer to becoming a law after it advanced out a City Council committee Wednesday. The proposal by Council members Flor Alvidrez and Shontel Lewis, which Denver7 first reported on in early January, was amended earlier in the day and also now requires law enforcement officers, including federal agents, to clearly identify themselves with a visible ID from at least 25 feet away when operating within city limits. Officers who do not comply with the ...
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Colorado’s crime problem is bigger than the laws on the books
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Colorado Accountability Project, Approved, Commentary, State

Colorado’s crime problem is bigger than the laws on the books

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project Colorado’s crime problem isn’t just due to our laws As I've written before, our troubles with crime involve more than just the laws on the books.There are a few steps in the criminal justice process where someone has discretion. Discretion means the ability to be too hard, or too soft.District Attorneys decide on whether to charge and what charges to bring. Judges decide on bail, and the trial judge passes sentence.Each step a chance to be too harsh or too easy.The Complete Colorado article at bottom details a new effort by some lawmakers and talk radio host Jeff Hunt. Their website is linked below the story for convenience.I'll leave it to you to read either, but in brief, their effort is intended to bring publ...
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Colorado Lawmakers Weigh Justice and Unintended Consequences in Child Sex Solicitation Bill
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CBS Colorado, Approved, State

Colorado Lawmakers Weigh Justice and Unintended Consequences in Child Sex Solicitation Bill

By: Shaun Boyd | CBS Colorado Colorado is among the top ten states in the country for human trafficking and most of the victims here are children. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation says 64% of human trafficking survivors are under age 18 and, under current state law, some of their abusers receive probation. A bill by state Sen.s Byron Pelton and Dylan Roberts would change that. Roberts says the current law is failing children. "How do we hold buyers of children accountable for their crimes?" he said. Under the legislation, anyone convicted of crimes related to child solicitation would be sentenced to a minimum of four years in prison. State analysts say each year, an average of 25 of those offenders receive probation. READ THE F...
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Phil Weiser’s ICE portal: A hotline for the wrong crisis
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Rocky Mountain Voice, Commentary, State, Top Stories

Phil Weiser’s ICE portal: A hotline for the wrong crisis

By RMV Editorial Board Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser wants you to do something. Not vote. Not volunteer. Not show up to a school board meeting and read the agenda before somebody else reads it for you. He wants you to report ICE. Weiser’s office rolled out a portal inviting Coloradans to document “concerns” about Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. His pitch is tidy and familiar. The public assumes rules apply to everyone and that safety isn’t optional. When that assumption fails, there needs to be a way to say so. Fine. In theory. In practice, this portal is a neon sign pointing at the wrong problem. It's a taxpayer-funded invitation to fixate on federal immigration enforcement while the crimes and dysfunction Coloradans actually live ...
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Colorado Democrats Push Sweeping New Crackdown on 3-D Printed Guns and Gun Dealer Oversight
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The Colorado Sun, Approved, State

Colorado Democrats Push Sweeping New Crackdown on 3-D Printed Guns and Gun Dealer Oversight

By Lucas Brady Woods and Kyle McKinnon | The Colorado Sun Federal data show ghost guns are increasingly turning up at crime scenes. Democrats in the Colorado legislature are adding to their slate of proposals this year to tighten the state’s gun regulations with measures that would further crack down on 3-D printed firearms and impose tougher rules on gun dealers. House Bill 1144 would add to Colorado’s restrictions on ghost guns, unserialized firearms that are often assembled at home using 3-D printed parts or do-it-yourself kits. They allow people to bypass background checks and are virtually untraceable. Federal data show ghost guns are increasingly turning up at crime scenes. Recoveries of the weapons surged nearly 1,600% between 2017 and 2023,...
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ICE Operations Hampered in Colorado and Minnesota After Activists Aid Child Rapist and Gang Member
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Fox News, Approved, National

ICE Operations Hampered in Colorado and Minnesota After Activists Aid Child Rapist and Gang Member

By Alec Schemmel | Fox News FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is detailing cases in which anti-ICE agitators actively helped criminal illegal immigrants evade federal arrest, including suspects accused of child rape, domestic abuse and gang-related violence. The cases point to a growing pattern of organized interference with federal immigration enforcement during recent ICE operations.  "These are the monsters that agitators and sanctuary politicians are protecting," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital. "We remind the public that obstructing law enforcement is a felony and a federal crime." According to DHS, members of the anti-ICE Colorado Rapid Response Network alerted Jo...
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Military Intelligence Tactics Used By Anti-ICE Groups To Track And Monitor Federal Agents
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Fox News, Approved, National

Military Intelligence Tactics Used By Anti-ICE Groups To Track And Monitor Federal Agents

By Asra Q. Nomani, Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi | Fox News Fox News Digital uncovers a shadow network of anti-ICE scouts tracking law enforcement across 13 databases in a surveillance operation a retired Green Beret warns is 'dangerous'. Early last week, FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the bureau is investigating the use of the encrypted Signal messaging platform by "ICE Watch" activists to track and block federal immigration enforcement. Just days later, Jill Garvey, co-founder of a group called "States at the Core," logged into a Zoom webinar to train a new crop of "rapid responders" on a military-grade intelligence gathering method called "SALUTE." An acronym for Size, Activity, Location, Uniform, Time, Equipment, SALUTE is a mnemonic device that typical...
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Colorado Senate moves to widen red flag authority despite due process warnings
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Rocky Mountain Voice, State, Top Stories

Colorado Senate moves to widen red flag authority despite due process warnings

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Since its adoption five years ago, Colorado’s red flag law has not stayed static. Since its passage, lawmakers have kept returning to Colorado’s red flag law, expanding it piece by piece as new concerns arise. SB26-004 is the latest revision, reviving debate over how far intervention should reach — and how much due process should accompany it. SB26-004 cleared the Colorado Senate on Feb. 3, passing on a 20–13 vote and moving to the House for further consideration. Sen. Nick Hinrichsen the only Democrat to oppose it. The bill revises the state’s Extreme Risk Protection Order system, often referred to as red flag orders, and prompted extended debate during second reading the day before final passage. Supporters s...
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