city charter amendment
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? Mitchell follows grandpa’s path to oversight office
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Edward Mitchell came from a poor Irish Catholic family in New York in the 1940s and did not get a high school degree, so his career choices were limited. That meant becoming either a firefighter, entering the priesthood or becoming a police officer. He chose the later and was a role model for Nick Mitchell,…
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Lopez ready for fallout over OIM change
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Growing up in East Denver, Paul Lopez was scared of the cops. Now, as the Denver City Councilman representing District 3, Lopez doesn’t want city residents to experience the same feelings or worries. To that end, Lopez headed up an effort to ask city voters to make a city oversight agency permanent and on par…
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Police oversight office move up to voters
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A proposed city charter amendment to put a police and sheriff accountability office on par with those and many other Denver departments will be on the Nov. 8 city ballot. Denver City Council voted 9-0 Monday night, Aug. 15, with four council members absent, to place a question on the ballot that would make the…
