Tag: police officer
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Good Samaritans help Colorado Springs police officer detain Walmart shoplifting suspect
Two good Samaritans helped a Colorado Springs police officer detain a shoplifting suspect who was resisting arrest Sunday, according to an online blotter entry. Nicholas Arnaud, 35, is being held on $10,000 bail and faces several felony and misdemeanor charges related to the incident, police said. At about 2:10 p.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to…
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Colorado Springs police officer injured after alleged assault Monday
A Colorado Springs police officer was injured Monday when he was allegedly kicked by a man receiving care at a local hospital, according to law enforcement officials. Alexander Mills, 36, faces assault and obstruction charges, among others. The incident took place at about 9:30 a.m., at CommonSpirit Penrose Hospital on Nevada Avenue, where Mills was…
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Colorado Springs police officer injured after alleged assault Monday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs police officer was injured Monday when he was allegedly kicked by a man receiving care at a local hospital, according to law enforcement officials. Alexander Mills, 36, faces assault and obstruction charges, among others. The incident took place at about 9:30 a.m.,…
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Denver voters will decide whether to allow non-citizens to serve as police, firefighters
Non-citizens are one step closer to being able to apply to become a Denver police officer or firefighter after the City Council unanimously approved a ballot measure seeking to change the city charter during Monday’s meeting. The proposed charter change requiring police and fire departments to drop a requirement that applicants be a U.S. citizen…
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As crime in Denver soars, RTD finds itself in the frontlines
The Lakewood Police Department described a disturbing scene that unfolded on Feb. 13 at a Regional Transportation District light rail station. Two teenage girls allegedly assaulted a man at the Wadsworth Boulevard light rail station, the police said. The teens seemingly attacked the man at random, holding him down, kicking him and calling him racial slurs,…
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Lauren Boebert lands 5th in GOP straw poll, Janak Joshi jumps into 8th CD race | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Jan. 29, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s middling finish in a straw poll Thursday night drew gasps from the crowd that had just witnessed the Colorado lawmaker face off against eight other Republicans in a congressional primary debate at a rec center in Fort Lupton. The…
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Reactions on the guilty verdict of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin
As the verdict came down in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, the news rippled in the Rockies on Tuesday afternoon. At the Colorado Capitol, state Rep. Tony Exum Sr., a Democrat from Colorado Springs, offered the first official post-conviction response: a prayer at a press conference. State Rep. Leslie Herod,…
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Mental health reform ideas in El Paso County jail win international award
Recommendations for mental health reform in the El Paso County jail have earned one staff member international attention. Stephanie Gangemi, a behavioral health programs manager for the county’s Sheriff’s Office, was awarded first place in the Seidenberg Prize contest last week for her proposal to better train corrections officers in managing inmates with mental illness,…
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Mental health reform ideas in El Paso County jail win international award
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Recommendations for mental health reform in the El Paso County jail have earned one staff member international attention. Stephanie Gangemi, a behavioral health programs manager for the county’s Sheriff’s Office, was awarded first place in the Seidenberg Prize contest last week for her proposal to…