Author: George Brauchler

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It is the position of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office that their K-9 deputies are not accountable under the law for any injuries or destruction caused by their dogs, including broken bones, maiming and even death. Jeffco deputies advanced and defended just such an outrageous…

If there were a Doomsday clock for the Rule of Law in America, it would be several seconds closer to midnight after the events surrounding the dismissal of the indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams last week. For those Americans who agree with Abraham Lincoln that “reverence for the law…[should become] the political…

In Colorado, a man who rapes a child — as long as it is just once — can get probation. As in, walk right out of the courtroom after conviction. But it is much worse than that. If that same man goes on to rape nine other children, as long as he only rapes them…

The day after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration detained 41 metro area illegal immigrants in a raid targeting Tren de Aragua — a Venezuelan gang Gov. Jared Polis called a “feature of (Aurora City Councilwoman) Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination” — presidential aspirant Polis decried in the strongest terms any suggestion that Colorado had become a “sanctuary…

Colorado’s New Year Resolution to “suck less” when it comes to crime and public safety is on the ropes more quickly than my pledge to work out every day and stop eating loaves of bread. Two days after Gov. Jared Polis declared in his seventh State of the State address that “[i]n Colorado, we have…

The controversy regarding the release of election system passwords by Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office is not over. At least, it should not be. Important questions remain unaddressed by the two investigations that have taken place. To catch up: on June 21, the Colorado Department of State posted to a globally accessible website 650…

On Jan. 14, every district attorney in Colorado will take the oath of office and begin a four-year term of seeking justice and public safety consistent with the values of their individual jurisdiction and within the limitations of Colorado’s ever-weakening laws. For the first time in more than 60 years in Colorado, a new judicial…

Is it time to rid the U.S. Constitution of the massive pardon powers bestowed upon presidents and governors? Coloradans remember well that three years ago this month — after a phone call with Kim Kardashian — Gov. Jared Polis used his constitutional clemency powers to hijack our criminal justice process to reduce the sentence of…

In less than two months, Colorado’s Democrat-dominated General Assembly will begin another session, likely continuing its streak of earning the annual title “most offender-friendly Legislature” we have seen. Those Dems in power are likely tempted to dismiss the ballot successes of Amendment I (no bail for murderers), Prop 128 (“Truth in Sentencing”), and Prop 130…

Criminal justice was on the ballot Tuesday. Coloradans showed strong support for public safety-related matters and rejected our Legislature’s decade-long move to prioritize criminals over public safety and law enforcement. The 2024 legislative session has again proven there is a disconnect between the values of the Democrat-dominated General Assembly and the Colorado public it is…