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Colorado Promised Transparency Around Police Misconduct, But Is Still Not Holding Most Rogue Cops Publicly Accountable.

A Denver Police officer bragged to coworkers that he shot a carjacking suspect once in the head to kill him, then at least 16 times more to see his “face fall apart.” They told investigators that he spent months trumpeting his second on-duty killing and saying he was eager for a third. Shane Madrigal resigned in 2022 while under investigation for what his supervisors deemed racist, homophobic and “grossly inappropriate” comments about killing people while he was on duty. Yet the man colleagues say has “zero regard for human life” still has a clean disciplinary record with the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) board, the state agency responsible...
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UNDISCIPLINED: Investigating Police Misconduct in Colorado

For all the talk about police misconduct, little has been known – at least publicly –...
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Denver Improperly Withheld Text Messages About Red Rocks Hailstorm, Judge Rules

A judge Monday ordered Denver to disclose city officials’ text messages about last June’s severe...
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Watchdog Fund: Support for Colorado Journalists Reporting on Inequities

Colorado journalists and media makers who need access to public records in order to investigate...
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