Police - The Durango Herald

Bills passed, but police reform conversation only begins

DENVER – A package of police-reform bills signed into law last week take modest steps to address tension that started nationally after white police officers were assailed in the deaths of un...

DATE: May 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Report paints bleak picture of Denver jails

DENVER – The safety of inmates and deputies in Denver jails is at risk because of problems at nearly every level of the Sheriff’s Department, according to a report that the mayor ordered aft...

DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sheriff’s deputy in car chase speaks

Iraq War veteran talks about pursuit, shooting

DATE: May 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Saluting the fallen

Seven local officers remembered during Peace Officers Memorial Day

DATE: May 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Postal workers rally for improved customer service

DENVER – Less than a week before their contract expires, postal workers rallied Thursday in more than 85 cities in 36 states. Sally Davidow, spokeswoman with the American Postal Workers Unio...

DATE: May 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Best to buckle your seat belt

A new Click It or Ticket campaign to issue citations for drivers not wearing a seat belts began Monday and will run through May 31. The campaign is sponsored by the Colorado State...

DATE: May 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Car chase ends in apparent suicides

100-mph pursuit, shots fired at deputy after ‘gas skip’ in Cortez

DATE: May 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Police-oversight bills advance

Body cameras among three that must still pass through Senate

DATE: Apr 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police reform bills advance

Lawmakers continue quest to ‘rebuild trust’

DATE: Apr 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado panel flips on police-reform bill

Measure killed on unlawful orders after it already passed

DATE: Apr 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

House panel advances racial-profiling prohibitions

Hearing examines other police reforms

DATE: Apr 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Now, state is at odds over police reform

DENVER – A bill reforming police practices that passed out of a Colorado House committee Wednesday night may be reconsidered Thursday in an effort to kill it. Rep. Daniel Kagan, D...

DATE: Apr 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News