Tag: Paul Pazen
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Denver’s first female district attorney says leaving office will be ‘bittersweet’
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann’s office was in mid-pack last week so The Denver Gazette interviewed her in the 2nd Judicial District’s conference room in its cushy new offices in Republic Plaza in downtown Denver. In the interview, she discussed criminal justice, her once-contentious relationship with the Denver Police Department and her love for climbing…
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Denver crime rates ‘skyrocket’ as policing decreases, Colorado think tank says in report
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the number of uniformed officers per capita dwindled and public safety’s share of city spending — although it remains to be the single biggest item — fell, Denver’s crime rates skyrocketed, according to a new analysis from a think tank. Some 70 miles away, Colorado…
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Andy Rougeot says Auon’tai Anderson should resign from Denver Public Schools
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Denver mayoral candidate on Monday called on Auon’tai Anderson to resign from the Denver Public Schools board, where he serves as vice president. In a statement, Andy Rougeot, one of 16 aspirants to the mayor’s seat, argued that Anderson put students and staffers in “harm’s…
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Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen says East High School ‘should have been preventable’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Paul Pazen is frustrated. The former Denver police chief not only feels like this is an infuriating movie he has seen before, but he predicted it. And he warned people about it. And nobody listened. “Where is the accountability for bad decisions and bad policy?”…
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Former Denver Police Chief Pazen joins Common Sense Institute as fellow
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen has joined Common Sense Institute as a public safety fellow, the group announced Friday. In a statement, Pazen said he is excited to join the Common Sense Institute. “I believe in utilizing research, innovation, data, and evidence-based methods to…
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Dean Williams resigns as executive director of Colorado’s Department of Corrections
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dean Williams, who pushed to reform Colorado’s prisons as executive director of the state’s Department of Corrections, announced in an email to employees that he is resigning from his position. “I have made the difficult decision to transition out of my role as Executive Director…
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Colorado couple find a miracle or two inside the missing candy van
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Enstroms got their Golden Ticket. Rick and Linda Enstrom were reunited with their candy delivery van Tuesday, just over a week after thieves broke into it, drove it while committing a series of crimes and then dumped it near a homeless encampment along the…
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The State of the Streets: A conversation with Police Chief Pazen
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We all know about the State of the Union address our president delivers to Congress every year. Our governor does multiple State of the State speeches around Colorado, and Denver hosts several State of the City events, including one just last Thursday sponsored by the…
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Denver police on LoDo shooting: Things could have been done differently
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Police give an update on a shooting in LoDo Sunday involving officers that injured six, and two other recent shootings involving officers. { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “Press Conference: DPD addresses weekend shooting”, “description”: “Denver Police give an update on a shooting in…
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Colorado Springs man charged with attempted murder after being freed by parole error
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mikaele Poloa already was on parole when he walked out of the El Paso County jail, freed after posting a $4,000 bond while facing felony charges for allegedly attempting to rape a woman at gunpoint, stealing a car and committing a carjacking while armed with…