Law enforcement

DENVER – The Denver Sheriff’s Department will pay $10,000 and change its hiring practices after the Justice Department found it broke the law by excluding job candidates who were not U.S. citizens,...

The Durango Police Department plans to buy body cameras and replace in-car cameras next year. The department has requested about $43,000 for body cameras and $17,000 for the car cameras in the...

FARMINGTON – Law enforcement agencies across the country are trying to diversify their workforce to more closely reflect the communities they serve in response to high-profile and deadly encounters...

Two juveniles’ deaths in recent weeks, one from Cortez and one from Dolores, are being investigated as probable suicides, according to the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office . One death occurred in...

A body was found at the Durango Dog Park by a dog that was being walked Saturday morning. A man was found a little bit uphill from the entrance to the park around 9:30 a.m., said La Plata County...

Colorado State Patrol and other law enforcement agencies are increasing DUI patrols through Tuesday during Halloween celebrations. “We’ll have more troopers, increased saturation patrols and DUI...

Sometimes life moves in circles, which appears to be the case for Lynn Johnson, who graduated from Durango’s Fort Lewis College in 1973, had a 41-year career with the Arvada Police Department, and...

ALBUQUERQUE – The case against two former New Mexico police officers charged in the death of a homeless man ended in a mistrial Tuesday when jurors told the judge they were hopelessly deadlocked on...

BOULDER — Police shot and killed a machete-wielding man Wednesday who refused to drop the weapon after threatening someone at the University of Colorado in Boulder, authorities said. The...

ALBUQUERQUE – Attorneys for a retired Albuquerque police detective on trial in the killing of a homeless camper presented him Wednesday as a veteran, well-trained officer who had been fired at by...

DENVER – Police officers across the country misuse confidential law enforcement databases to get information on romantic partners, business associates, neighbors, journalists and others for reasons...