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The Aurora Mobile Response Team will launch on Wednesday.

Three Aurora police officers and two paramedics will face criminal charges, including manslaughter, in connection with the 2019 death of Elijah McClain.

The CPCC wants to move some of its programs out into other city departments in order to start new ones.

The city’s top law enforcement accountability position has been vacant since January

The group convened in June in the wake of Denver protests against police brutality

We sit down with Denver's Chief of Police about the most violent areas identified as Denver's hot spots. The goal is reduce violent crime in these areas.

Denver – September 29, 2020 – The Denver Police Department has been accepted into the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project, Georgetown University Law Center’s national training and support initiative for U.S. law enforcement agencies committed to building a culture of peer intervention that prevents harm.

https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/metro/black-northeast-denver-residents-muse-about-what-a-reformed-police-force-might-look-like/

https://www.upworthy.com/denver-police-are-handing-out-gift-certificates-to-auto-parts-stores-instead-of-fix-it-tickets

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://co.chalkbeat.org/2021/9/2/22653499/denver-school-board-election-fourteen-candidates&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTEzNTA0OTY4ODEyOTU2MjY1MTIaNGYyNTIzNjdlMDY4ODY1ODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFmNbuYTJOnLQSTcHkdXlYc73eiTA

https://co.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/28/22599071/denver-charters-paycheck-protection-loans-no-reconciliaton

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/newly-elected-denver-public-schools-superintendent-shares-priorities-for-new-school-year

Serving a city that has become increasingly less affordable over the past decade, Denver City Council members are now considering market-based fixes to the affordability crisis.

Councilmembers Candi CdeBaca, Kevin Flynn and Jolon Clark want voters to decide if the city should go to 13 distinct districts or stay with 11 with 2 at-large seats.

Developer Westside Investment Partners, which bought what used to be Park Hill Golf Course in 2019, got a measure approved for the November ballot on Tuesday. It’s a counter-measure to an initiative submitted by an opposing group called Save Open Space Denver.

DENVER (KDVR) — The new congressional district maps seem to relieve a problem Colorado’s Democratic Party objected to this summer.

When the U.S. Census Bureau releases its final numbers on Thursday, it will start the clock on a mad dash to prepare final congressional and statehouse maps.

Assigning sex at birth, the authors wrote, ‘fails to recognize the medical spectrum of gender identity’

https://303magazine.com/2021/07/colorado-introduces-ranked-choice-voting/

Most meeting time was dedicated to discussing proposed changes to
Bylaws and Policies and strategic planning to address the siege of the US Capitol. Directors’ reports,

The Supreme Court just upheld discriminatory voting policies in Arizona and did further damage to the already gutted Voting Rights Act. This decision could lead to more anti-voter laws across our country

January Recap

Dear President Elect-Biden and Transition Team,
You have our deepest congratulations on becoming the 46th President-Elect of the United States. Your victory achieved many historic milestones, and the League of Women Voters looks forward to working with your Administration to address many of your announced goals.