Vail police last week successfully lobbied the town council to temporarily ban medical marijuana dispensaries, essentially passing the bud to the next council to be seated after the Nov. 3 election.
Police chief Dwight Henninger said 40 years of…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cares about your privacy. Really. And to prove it, the secretive agency established for “preserving our freedoms” recently released a report assessing the job of fusion centers — the intelligence-sharing operation that mashes national security data with suspicious-activity law enforcement reports for state, local and federal authorities.
In an interesting moment of synchronicity with civil liberties advocates, DHS admits, yeah, there may be a few problems.
Just as the Denver Police Department is getting ready to rumble — rolling out its brand new pepperball launchers and other riot toyz, the newsweekly Westword has pulled a dusty video out of some basement vault showing a 1979 recruiting class being berated by a commanding officer as “niggers,” beaners,” “greasers” and “homos,” demanding Jewish recruits ID themselves and questions women on their promiscuity. The shocking video, nearly 20 minutes long, may be old, but it doesn’t exactly promote the Mile High City as forward thinking at a particularly crucial moment.
Watch out, everyone! Not only could you go to jail for carrying around bags of poop and pee (although really, why would you be doing that anyway?), but now those bikes in the garage and old maps in the glove box could land you a ticket straight to the chain link jungle.
Some police officers could be smiling as they head to the Democratic National Convention next week, but not because they’re looking forward to controlling crowds, protecting the nation’s politicians or seeing Sen. Barack Obama speak.
The Democratic National Convention will serve as a catalyst for the creation of a temporary “super fusion” center that two local police officials hope will permanently expand domestic intelligence powers in Colorado.
Hot on the heels of an investigative series by The Colorado Independent and affiliates on “fusion centers" comes a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Washington, D.C., defining “fusion center" as part of a new domestic…
Federal and state law enforcement officials will increase intelligence operations during the Democratic National Convention, overseeing an information war room that will be staffed around the clock with analysts who access a dozen databases while receiving reports of "suspicious…
We cover two subjects of importance over the Divide: keeping the peace and watching the weather.
Growth and water will always be joined at the hip in Western Colorado. So, if you move to the mountains, there are two items you may have to bring: lots of money and a water tank. Although housing prices keep…
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