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Denver 911 wants upgrade to $24M dispatch system
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After 23 years on the job and millions of calls, Denver 911 hopes to retire its aging dispatch system in favor of a new $24 million computer-aided dispatch system from Motorola. The system, sometimes referred to as CAD, documents all 911 calls, field responder movements, dispatch and arrival times, dispositions and clearances. City officials said…
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Denver City Council approves $325K settlement, $15M equipment purchase
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The Denver City Council on Monday approved a $325,000 liability settlement involving the Denver Sheriff’s Department, along with a $15 million purchase order for parks and golf equipment. This is the first liability settlement of this type approved by the council for 2026. “This funding is drawn from a liability claims pool of money that…
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Council will consider $27M contract for Denver police body cameras, tasers
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It’s been close to 10 years since the Denver Police Department first donned body-worn cameras in January 2016, and technology has advanced since then. The Department of Public Safety is asking the City Council to approve a new five-year, $27 million contract with Arizona-based Axon for 2,563 body cameras and 2,175 Tasers. Members of the…
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Denver budget hearings focus on public safety
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Day two of the public hearings for Denver’s proposed 2026 spending plan got underway on Tuesday with presentations from the city’s public safety agencies. As representatives from the Denver Department of Safety, Denver Police, Denver Fire, Denver Sheriff and the Department of Public Health and Environment shared plans for helping the city tighten its belt,…
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Federal judge allows Denver sheriff employee’s discrimination claim to proceed
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A federal judge agreed on Monday that a Denver sheriff’s sergeant may proceed with his claim that he was subjected to sex-based discrimination when he was passed over for promotion in favor of female employees who allegedly were less qualified. U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang observed a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision may alter…
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Denver sheriff’s deputy cited for reported road rage incident in I-25 ‘Gap’
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A Denver sheriff’s deputy is facing charges of reckless endangerment after authorities say he drove a van with three inmates in the back more at than 90 mph through the Interstate 25 “Gap” while apparently racing with a drunken driver last week. Deputy James Grimes was cited with speeding 40 mph or more over the…
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Denver Sheriff Department inmate transport van clocked at 90 mph in the ‘Gap’ on I-25
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Despite the construction on Interstate 25 from Monument to Castle Rock, two drivers made it through the “Gap” in less than 18 minutes on Thursday. Colorado State Patrol pulled over a Denver Sheriff Department van and a red pickup about 12:23 p.m. in Lone Tree after the vehicles were clocked topping speeds of 90 mph…
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Denver watchdog agency oversight nixed in law enforcement leadership probes
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Denver’s law enforcement watchdog must steer clear of investigations into the city’s top cops, per new direction from Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration. The Office of the Independent Monitor (OIM), primarily made up of lawyers and currently run by Nicholas Mitchell, serves as the city’s civilian oversight agency for the Denver Police and Sheriff’s Departments by…
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Denver to open ‘gender responsive’ jail space for women
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A report in January from the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice says women made up 9.9 percent of the state’s inmate population last year – the highest proportion in nine years. And over the next six years, while the male population behind bars in Colorado is projected to climb 37 percent, the female inmate population is…
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Denver activist sues mayor, sheriff alleging contract was pulled in retaliation
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She’s a community activist and a loud critic of the Denver mayor and sheriff. And earlier this week, she became the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against city leaders. Late last month, we told you about Lisa Calderón – leader of transitional services organization Community Re-entry Project (CRP) – crying foul when the organization’s contract…
