Author: Sentinel Colorado Editorial Board

The state is awash in crises and issues demanding urgent attention by state lawmakers as they convene for the 2023 General Assembly, but addressing deficiencies in Colorado’s red flag gun law is a priority. For the past few years, Colorado’s Extreme Risk Protection Order has allowed police and family members to temporarily confiscate guns from…

Aurora residents and the entire region would welcome straight talk about the chaos continuing to swirl around and through the Aurora Police Department. The city’s newest interim police chief has promised just that. Interim Police Chief Art Acevedo – formerly chief of Miami, Houston and Austin – is now a few weeks into the job…

Aurora residents need not look any further than Denver to see how badly things might go as they bring on board a new leader of Aurora Public Schools. Unwisely, APS Superintendent Rico Munn and the APS school board have parted ways. Munn was that rare public official whose passion was doing the best job possible…

Despite marked gains again among Colorado Democrats empowered to run the Legislature and the state, the chances for meaningful gun control, such as banning assault-style weapons and preventing people from hoarding guns and ammunition, are slim. One responsibility, however, state lawmakers cannot overlook next month is a review of Colorado’s nascent so-called Red Flag Law.…

The biggest misconception about the epidemic of mass shootings and gun violence is that Americans are forced to suffer this scourge. In reality, we choose this nightmare. Most Americans live under the illusion that the calamity of more than 600 mass shootings this year, and every year, is inevitable. Despite what gun rights activists and…

State Rep. Leslie Herod precisely summed up state and national cankers that resulted in five people being murdered and dozens more injured Sunday because of spite for who they are – and were. “We must stop driving the hate-filled rhetoric that gives license to the dehumanization of our community,” said Leslie Herod, a Denver Democratic…

There’s no time for partisan praise nor penance in Colorado. The election is over, and Republican candidates were decimated in elections across the state. It wasn’t surprising in any way. GOP hopefuls across the spectrum focused on stoking fears about crime, the economy and assorted conspiracy theories without offering any real or practical solutions. The…

It seems Aurora Police can’t resist eroding public trust by perpetuating a culture of concealment and vindication. News about Interim Police Chief Dan Oates’ dubious dismantling of police oversight and overturning discipline of two officers has created yet another debacle for the city’s embattled police department. A story first reported Friday by Channel 4 investigative…

If you live, work or run a business in Aurora, you can attest that compared to most municipalities here, and across the country, the city is well run, and for the most part, life and business here are good. That’s not by accident. For decades, the metro area often sneered at Denver’s “step-sister” city for…