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Police union demands Denver Mayor Michael Hancock resign, calls for state investigation
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A spokeswoman for Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on Tuesday rejected a demand by the state’s largest police union that the mayor resign after a series of sexually suggestive text messages he sent years ago to a member of his security detail came to light last week. Charging that Denver is facing rising crime rates and…
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Can Denver Mayor Hancock weather sexual harassment allegations?
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Last week, two-term Denver Mayor Michael Hancock admitted to sending inappropriate text messages to Denver Police Detective Leslie Branch-Wise when she was an officer serving on his security detail in 2012. Denver7’s Tony Kovaleski first broke the story , airing out the slew of text messages from Hancock to Branch-Wise, six years ago. “You look sexy in…
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Denver police union, Colorado politicos have a busy day on immigration
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The head of Denver police union, Detective Nick Rogers, testified to Congress Thursday about law enforcement issues in a so-called sanctuary city of undocumented immigrants. He was one of a handful of Coloradans in the ring Thursday speaking about the contentious immigration issue, intensified by the Colorado’s purple, swing-state political status. Rep. Ken Buck, R-Windsor,…
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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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Colorado police groups endorse Trump
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Law enforcement groups in Denver, Aurora and Colorado Springs have endorsed Donald Trump for president, the Trump-Pence Colorado campaign announced Monday, Oct. 3 The campaign issued statements of support for the Republican candidate from the Denver Police Protective Association, Aurora Police Association and Colorado Springs Police Protective Association. Trump has criticized Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton…
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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…
