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Colorado’s police officer shortage linked to higher crime rates
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coloradopolitics.com, State

Colorado’s police officer shortage linked to higher crime rates

By Scott Weiser | Colorado Politics A recently released report issued in support of Colorado Ballot Initiative 157 shows a correlation between police departments that suffer under-staffing issues and higher crime rates.  The Common Sense Institute, a Denver free-enterprise research organization, released a report Tuesday on Ballot Initiative 157 — which asks voters to approve appropriation of $350 million to fund police recruitment, training, and support for police officers and their families. A change in state policy and funding aimed more towards prioritizing civilian roles within police departments and regulating policing strategies has reduced the number of police with arrest powers on the streets, according to the report. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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No more late-night food trucks in Denver’s LoDo neighborhood starting Friday, police say
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CBS Colorado, Local

No more late-night food trucks in Denver’s LoDo neighborhood starting Friday, police say

By Jasmine Arenas | CBS Colorado Beginning Friday, food trucks will no longer be allowed to park in Denver's LoDo neighborhood on late-night weekends. Police handed out notices to food truck businesses on Friday. It's part of a Denver Police Department pilot program to try to curb violence in the area and increase safety. LoDo is known as one of the busiest parts of the city on weekend nights. The areas in which food trucks can operate will be restricted between the hours of 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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In Fort Collins, man attempts to board school bus
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kdvr.com, Local

In Fort Collins, man attempts to board school bus

By Morgan Whitley | Fox 31 News A man was arrested after he allegedly tried to get on a school bus, Fort Collins police said. On Tuesday afternoon, Fort Collins Police Services told FOX31 that a school bus full of children stopped at a regular bus stop to let the kids out. The bus stop is across from the Murphy Center, which is described as a hub for those experiencing homelessness. A man allegedly walked across the street and tried to enter the bus, police said. A security guard spotted the man and walked across the street as well. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Man who pulled gun in parking lot on Glenwood Springs police officer was shot and killed, police say
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CBS Colorado, Local

Man who pulled gun in parking lot on Glenwood Springs police officer was shot and killed, police say

By Austen Erblat | CBS Colorado A police officer in Glenwood Springs shot and killed an armed man after trying to contact him in a shopping center parking lot on Monday afternoon, Glenwood Springs Police Chief Joseph Deras said. In a Monday news conference, Deras said two uniformed officers approached a man they had recently secured an arrest warrant for just before 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Glenwood Meadows shopping center. When they approached him, he pulled out a gun and one of the officers fired his weapon at the man, striking him, Deras said. "As the suspect moved toward his vehicle, the officers took up a secondary position and again engaged the suspect with gunfire. One officer was involved in that shooting exchange and the suspect was wounded and took refuge behind ...
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570,000 fentanyl pills seized by DEA from Colorado in 1 week
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CBS Colorado, State

570,000 fentanyl pills seized by DEA from Colorado in 1 week

By Kasey Richardson | CBS Colorado The state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing underestimated how sick its members would be. Medicaid covers about 1.26 million people in Colorado. The department that runs Colorado’s Medicaid program overshot its budget for the most recent fiscal year by more than $120 million after underestimating how sick its members would be. Medicaid rolls were in flux over the last year as states started removing people for the first time since early 2020. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, states couldn’t kick people off Medicaid, meaning they spent much of the last year determining who still qualifies. For the fiscal year that ended in June, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing had to attempt to project n...
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China involvement in fentanyl crisis a ‘huge problem’, official says
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National, Westernslopenow.com

China involvement in fentanyl crisis a ‘huge problem’, official says

By Jamie Joseph | Westernslopenow.com China is a driving force behind much of the illegal drug trade in the United States, including fentanyl and marijuana, according to law enforcement authorities. Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Director Donnie Anderson says China’s involvement is a “huge problem.” “It’s been a problem here in Oklahoma since 2019 or 2020,” Anderson said Monday on “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.” “It’s not just marijuana. It is directly related to the cartels. The Chinese criminal organizations are laundering money for the cartels, and they’re very good. … They’re the best we’ve ever seen.” READ THE FULL STORY AT WESTERNSLOPENOW.COM
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Video shows armed gang at troubled Colorado apartment building believed to have been taken over by migrants
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Fox News, State

Video shows armed gang at troubled Colorado apartment building believed to have been taken over by migrants

By Jasmine Baehr | Fox News Potential gang activity was caught on surveillance camera in a  Colorado apartment building after what one former resident calls "no accountability" kept law enforcement from assisting.The video shows many men armed with handguns, and one with a scoped rifle, bursting through the door of the apartment complex for unknown reasons. The group appears to be Tren de Aragua, or TdA, a transnational gang based out of Venezuela. The gang, with reportedly 5,000 members, has a motto of "real until death," or "real hasta la muerte." READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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Tren de Aragua Gang expands to Denver and Aurora, unleashing chaos in sanctuary cities
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Fox News, State

Tren de Aragua Gang expands to Denver and Aurora, unleashing chaos in sanctuary cities

By Christina Coulter | Fox News Although Denver's suburbs don't share its sanctuary city policies, the influx of migrants into the Mile High City has spilled outward. Now, its neighbors are facing an unprecedented wave of activity from a notorious Venezuelan prison gang.  Officials from Aurora, about nine miles east of Denver, told Fox News Digital the Tren de Aragua gang has gained a strong foothold in their city, commandeering apartment complexes and drumming up violent crime and sex trafficking.  "We currently have entire complexes under gang control — complexes where staff have been beaten up, they've been threatened, their families have been threatened [and] complexes where there are no staff left on the property," Aurora City Council Member Dani...
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Father of Trump shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, retains top criminal lawyer amid escalating FBI probe into his involvement
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Daily Mail, National

Father of Trump shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, retains top criminal lawyer amid escalating FBI probe into his involvement

By Laura Collins | Daily Mail The parents of Trump shooter Thomas Crooks have hired a team of powerhouse attorneys as the FBI continues to investigate just how much they knew ahead of their son's assassination attempt on the former president, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. The development comes as one family member shared with DailyMail.com that the FBI, 'still very much has questions' regarding how much the killer's parents knew – while revealing that his father Matthew Crooks, 53, is a gun enthusiast who has sold firearms to relatives in the past. Speaking to DailyMail.com, the family member who asked not to be named said, 'The FBI still very much has questions about how much they knew and how he [Thomas] slipped through the net.' READ THE FULL STORY AT ...
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Secret Service places agents on leave after Trump assassination attempt
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National, Washington Examiner

Secret Service places agents on leave after Trump assassination attempt

By Rachel Schilke | Washington Examiner The Secret Service placed multiple personnel on leave following the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The agency placed five people on leave, a source familiar told news outlets on Friday: one person from Trump’s personal protective team and four from the Pittsburgh field office, including the special agent in charge. RealClearPolitics reported details of the disciplinary steps on Thursday. The Secret Service declined to comment on the reports but said it “holds our personnel to the highest professional standards” in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “The U.S. Secret Service is committed to investigating the decisions and ...
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