Crime and Public Safety

The Denver Sheriff Department is shifting some deputy disciplinary matters away from independent investigation and instead will handle them in-house.

Aurora police arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 48-year-old man at an apartment complex early Tuesday morning.

Jimmy Ray Smith, was sentenced to 32 years in prison after a Jefferson County jury found him guilty of attempted murder for abducting and torturing his roommate.

The Boulder Police Department uses its fleet of Flock cameras to illegally surveil people without any probable cause, a proposed class-action lawsuit filed Thursday morning alleges.

Westminster Fire Department crews responded to a fire at a townhome in the 10000 block of Grove Street shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday.

The independent monitor overseeing reforms to the Aurora Police Department called for the city to conduct a broad review of three recent police shootings in which officers killed people who were in the midst of mental health crises.

A cyclist was struck and killed while crossing U.S. 85 in north metro Denver late Tuesday night, Brighton police said.

Brent Metz faces four felony charges in the Jefferson County shooting in 2024: second-degree assault, illegal discharge of a firearm and two counts of felony menacing, according to court records.

Colorado criminal defense attorneys are decrying the new leader of the state’s Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel and criticizing a culture shift within the agency that they believe could undermine defendants’ constitutional rights.