Author: Chris Osher
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DPD teams with ATF to remove repeat offenders with guns from streets
By the time Denver Police arrested Bradley Widick in late August with a stolen car and handgun after a chase, he had four previous felony convictions for vehicle theft, escape and assault. Police had issued four arrest affidavits for him since the beginning of 2020. In June, witnesses described him firing off shots around Bayaud…
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Denver Sheriff’s Department to track law-enforcement personnel with trial credibility issues
DENVER • The Denver Sheriff’s Department has failed to identify its law-enforcement personnel with past criminal convictions or discipline cases so severe that their testimony might be suspect during a criminal trial, a deficiency city officials are moving to rectify. Denver officials this week announced reforms similar to those put in place at the Denver…
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Denver DA ‘created an atmosphere of fear’ in office, whistleblower says
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann “created an atmosphere of fear” when she let another prosecutor get away with misconduct long before her second-in-command bullied staffers, according to investigative documents and interviews. A whistleblower, in a statement to an external investigator, portrayed McCann as a lax chief executive who let problems in the office fester without…
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Denver DA reverses course, announces resignation of second in command
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann reversed course Sunday, announcing in an email that her second in command will resign for bullying other staffers and intimidating another top prosecutor with a baseball bat. McCann, in the email to her staff, said she could not let the controversy over Assistant District Attorney Ryan Brackley’s actions become “an…