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Colorado law enforcement groups object to bill requiring officers to report colleagues’ alleged misconduct
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House Democrats have introduced a bill they say will increase protections for law enforcement members who report the alleged misconduct of their peers, but opponents said the sponsors never consulted public safety organizations, arguing it singles out the “law enforcement” profession for possible prosecution. House Bill 1460 requires law enforcement agencies to investigate any allegations of…
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Colorado law enforcement groups object to bill requiring officers to report colleagues’ alleged misconduct
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House Democrats have introduced a bill they say will increase protections for law enforcement members who report the alleged misconduct of their peers, but opponents said the sponsors never consulted public safety organizations, arguing it singles out the “law enforcement” profession for possible prosecution. House Bill 1460 requires law enforcement agencies to investigate any allegations of…
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Appeals court sides with restrictive interpretation of open records law
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Colorado’s second-highest court has settled on a narrower interpretation of the state’s open records law, deciding a former paralegal for the city of Loveland could not have access to emails in which she was the subject. A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals last month reversed a Larimer County judge who believed that even…
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Taxpayers pay for both sides of Gessler ethics lawsuit, but how much?
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Taxpayers are on the hook for more than half a million dollars from legal costs involving a lawsuit filed by then-Secretary of State Scott Gessler against the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission. But the exact amount will never be known, because the Secretary of State’s office disposed of the first two years of billing records related…
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Colorado bill would make minors’ autopsy reports closed records
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A bill that easily passed the Colorado Senate and awaits a hearing in the House would prevent the press and other outside watchdogs from figuring out why children died. Senate Bill 223 would automatically seal autopsy reports for minors, except for families, government-sanctioned review boards, organ donation groups and civil or criminal lawyers with a…
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Sen. John Kefalas honored for dedication by the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
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State. Sen. John Kefalas was heralded as a champion of free speech and transparent government by the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition Friday. The Democratic lawmaker from Fort Collins was presented the Sue O’Brien Award for Outstanding Public Service. The award isn’t given out annually, but only when a person’s sustained efforts rise to the…
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Insights: James O’Keefe’s ‘journalism’ exposes accountability problem in Colorado
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James O’Keefe fancies himself a guerrilla journalist, but the conservative provocateur was stung by his own fake news again recently when he tried to sting the Washington Post with clumsy spy-kid tactics. The Post easily sniffed out a woman who falsely alleged U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore impregnated her in Alabama when she was a…
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State Freedom of Information Coalition seeks support on Colorado Gives Day
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If you missed #GivingTuesday this week, you can satisfy your passion for open government next Tuesday on Colorado Gives Day by making a tax-deductible donation to the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition. The nonprofit does what better-financed, more committed media used to do: fight to make sure government records are truly public and accessible, and…
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Coalition tracks Colorado lawmakers’ path toward more open government
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Legislation affecting public records and our access to them typically gets eclipsed by the bigger-ticket bills involving transportation, schools and the like. Understandable; the debate over government transparency is seldom sexy. Yet, it’s not just us newsfolk who benefit from efforts to open up government, and it’s not just us who lose out when government slams the door on…
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Wheat Ridge demands return of records detailing billionaire’s stake in liquor giant Applejack
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Saying the city released records it shouldn’t have, an attorney representing the city of Wheat Ridge is demanding the immediate return of dozens of pages of documents concerning a 2014 liquor license application for a new owner of Applejack Wine and Spirits obtained in March under the Colorado Open Records Act, The Colorado Statesman has…
