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Gardner introduces bill to get cops better body armor
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Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Mike Coffman of Aurora introduced bills to save and honor law enforcement Tuesday during National Police Week. Gardner introduced legislation to equip every U.S. law enforcement officer with body armor that can withstand a shot from a rifle. The vests he’s talking about are called Type III. Gardner’s…
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‘Red flag’ gun bill meets its expected demise in Colo. Senate
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A Colorado state Senate committee late Monday put an expected end to a “red flag” bill that would have allowed law enforcement or family members to legally remove firearms from mentally ill people deemed a threat to themselves or others. The Republican-led Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted down the “Zackari Parrish III…
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Family of deputy killed in ambush: Red-flag gun bill will save lives
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The family of a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy killed in an ambush in December spoke with Denver radio station 710 KNUS’ Craig Silverman Saturday about the imperiled bill to at least temporarily disarm people who are mentally ill or who are thought to be a threat to themselves or others. The Zackari Parrish III Violence…
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Republicans chastise leader Cole Wist for co-sponsoring gun bill
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Some House Republicans chastised Colorado state Rep. Cole Wist in a caucus meeting late Monday night over his sponsorship of bipartisan legislation to keep guns away from people considered an extreme risk, Colorado Politics has learned. House members debated bills until about 11:30 p.m., then Republicans huddled. Second Amendment advocates were unhappy with Wist. A…
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"Red Flag" gun bill has bipartisan, law enforcement backing
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A bill that supporters hope will prevent the kinds of situations that led to the New Year’s Eve ambush of a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy was introduced in the House Monday. The Deputy Zackari Parrish, III Violence Prevention Act, House Bill 1436, is backed by bipartisan House leadership, as well as gun control and law…
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Bill would grant benefits to families of fallen local officers
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While Colorado lawmakers in March celebrated the passage of a bill to provide health benefits to the families of fallen state employees, families who lost health benefits when a city or county employee dies in the line of duty could only watch from the sidelines. Republican state Sen. Bob Gardner of Colorado Springs saw that,…
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Court date set for suspect in death of Adams County sheriff’s deputy
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DENVER – The suspected gunman in the death of an Adams County sheriff’s deputy is scheduled to appear in court on Friday as police continue searching for two other men who were nearby at the time of the shooting and are wanted for questioning. Adams County Sheriff Michael McIntosh said Thursday that police believe they…
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Governor orders flags lowered Monday in Colorado to honor Green Beret Mihail Gohlin
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Gov. John Hickenlooper has ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide on Monday to honor Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin, a Green Beret stationed at Fort Carson, who was killed while on patrol in Afghanistan. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset. Golin, 34, a native of Riga, Latvia, was killed…
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Hickenlooper knows support means giving space to slain Deputy Parrish’s family
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A funeral and motor procession that’s expected to be inspiring will happen Friday in south metro Denver, as Deputy Zackari Parrish is laid to rest at Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch. He had been a Douglas County deputy for seven months after two years as a Castle Rock police officer. He was fatally…
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner honors fallen Douglas County Deputy Zackari Parrish on Senate floor
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Calling him a local hero, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner took to the Senate floor Wednesday to honor Zachari Parrish, the Douglas County sheriff’s deputy who died in the line of duty Sunday responding to a domestic violence call in Highlands Ranch. Parish, a 29-year-old husband and father of two young daughters, was killed in a…
