alternative policing
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Audit: Denver’s public safety agency left nearly $400,000 in co-responder funds unspent
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The Denver Police Department and Department of Public Safety failed to spend nearly $400,000 that was awarded to the city to fund the co-responder police program. An audit released Thursday found $383,000 of grant funds from the Caring for Denver Foundation unused, granted to the city to pay for its co-responder program, which sends licensed…
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Bennet ‘optimistic’ for bipartisan support of alternative policing bill as O’Dea slams plan
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The battle to represent Colorado in the U.S. Senate spilled over into a debate over expanding Denver’s alternative policing program nationwide. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Denver, introduced a bill to fund alternative policing programs across the country, inspired by the Denver Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) Program. As Bennet held a press conference praising the…
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Colorado’s Bennet aims to expand Denver’s alternative policing program as crime surges nationwide
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet sees the potential for Denver’s alternative policing program, which responds to low-level emergencies with paramedics and mental health clinicians, to become a nationwide model. Bennet, D-Denver, introduced a bill Wednesday that would fund law enforcement agencies to partner with mental health professionals, case managers and outreach teams. These civilian-led community policing…
