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Denver rebukes DOJ’s move to end funding for immigrant legal advice
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Denver elected officials say they “strongly condemn” the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to suspend a George W. Bush-era program geared toward educating detained immigrants on their legal rights. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and the Denver City Council advocated for the DOJ to reverse course…
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Would the Denver City Council support another term for Mayor Hancock?
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After weeks of deliberation, the Denver City Council last week declined to formally investigate Mayor Michael Hancock over inappropriate text messages sent to a female city police officer six years ago. By now, you’ve likely heard about Hancock sending a slew of suggestive text messages to Leslie Branch-Wise in 2012 when she was a police…
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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…
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Denver launches legal defense fund for immigrants facing deportation
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Legal aid is on the way for immigrants in Denver who might be deported. A city-organized legal defense fund – announced this week by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock on the steps of City Hall under a large “Denver loves immigrants” banner – will launch with an initial $385,000 in its coffers. Hancock initially established the fund…
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock concedes he sent inappropriate texts to his security officer
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The political trajectory of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock could be off course now that he’s admitted sending inappropriate texts to his security officer six years ago. A Democrat, Hancock does not dispute the assertions against him by Denver Police Detective Leslie Branch-Wise. He is said to be focused on a third term as Denver’s mayor…
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Denver advocacy group cries foul after denied city contract
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Since 2010, the Community Reentry Project (CRP) has offered transitional services within Denver’s jail system under a city contract. Recently, that contract was allowed to expire and Denver officials considered awarding that pact to a new provider. But CRP’s leader is crying foul. CRP Executive Director Lisa Calderon claims Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s office denied…
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Denver city attorney’s Cristal Torres DeHerrera hops a short flight to DIA
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She made a name for herself these past four years as the No. 2 at the Denver City Attorney’s Office. Now, Cristal Torres DeHerrera is moving over to Denver International Airport (which the airport’s marketing mavens insist on calling “DEN”) to become its chief of staff. She’ll run the high-profile airport’s external affairs business unit, which…
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Denver mayor taps new head of public safety
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A former police chief from Indianapolis will take over at the helm at Denver’s Department of Public Safety. Mayor Michael Hancock announced the appointment of Troy Riggs on Monday. As the executive director of public safety, Riggs will oversee Police, Fire and Sheriff’s Departments, Denver 911, Community Corrections, Safety Youth Programs and gang reduction initiatives.…
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Denver mayor defies Justice Department in investigation of illegal immigrant policy
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WASHINGTON – Denver’s mayor is pledging to defy Justice Department investigators who Wednesday demanded information about whether the city and county are withholding information on illegal immigrants. The Justice Department announced it was investigating 23 cities and states accused of restricting information about illegal immigrants who immigration officials want to identify and deport. The city…
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Denver needs an elected sheriff, free of political influence, activists say
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Despite reforms, the Denver Sheriff’s Department’s management of the city jail system remains a “quagmire,” an activist group says. That’s why Denver County taxpayers should have the power to elect their sheriff. Denver is one of only two Colorado counties that doesn’t elect its sheriff; the mayor makes the pick. Over the weekend, the Colorado…