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Wounded Mesa County deputy to be taken off life support

Recordings: Officer could not feel wounded Colorado deputy’s pulse

DATE: Feb 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Chicago teen’s death shines light on police code of silence

CHICAGO – For more than a year after an officer shot and killed a black teen named Laquan McDonald, the Chicago Police Department had video footage that raised serious doubts about whether o...

DATE: Feb 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

No charges for Denver deputies in inmate’s death

Family calls decision ‘an outrage’

DATE: Jan 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Car rolls on U.S. Highway 160 in La Plata County

DATE: Jan 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Thoughts on emergency radio frequencies: Police split on letting folks listen in

Some departments let anyone hear scanner chatter while others encrypt

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado still not sure whether legal marijuana made roads less safe

Three years after Colorado voted to legalize recreational marijuana, little is known about whether the state’s roads are less safe – and law enforcement efforts remain largely focused on alc...

DATE: Dec 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Chicago PD under investigation

CHICAGO – The Justice Department will investigate patterns of racial disparity in the use of force by Chicago police officers as part of a wide-ranging probe that could lead to calls for swe...

DATE: Dec 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. monitor: No deal yet on Albuquerque use-of-force policy

ALBUQUERQUE – An independent monitor overseeing federally ordered changes to the Albuquerque Police Department said Thursday that police are at odds with his team over how to revamp the depa...

DATE: Dec 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Protesters to target Chicago shopping area on Black Friday

CHICAGO – Small groups of demonstrators gathered throughout the day Wednesday to protest the death of a black teen shot 16 times by a white police officer, and they urged supporters to join ...

DATE: Nov 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Autopsy: Montezuma County inmate died of natural causes

Alcohol abuse caused death, says medical examiner

DATE: Nov 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former Mancos marshal convicted of DUI in 2009 in Indiana

Former Mancos Marshal John Cox, who faces a DUI charge after hitting a guardrail this month, was convicted in a DUI case in Indiana several years before joining the Mancos force. ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News