nicholas mitchell
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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 jail inmates should be able to meet visitors in person, watchdog agency says
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When an inmate in one of Denver’s two jails gets a visit from friends or family, they generally meet over a video system instead of in person. Denver’s Office of Independent Monitor, the city’s civilian police watchdog agency, wants that changed. As part of its 2017 semiannual report, the office recommended the change citing data…
