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Unaware: Sheriffs ‘unknowingly’ assigned rogue deputy to train colleagues

DENVER -- After suspending a deputy for slamming an inmate into a window and misleading investigators about the attack, the Denver Sheriff's Department assigned him to train other officers on how to handle volatile situations and how to write official reports about use-of-force incidents.

Unprovoked: Courtroom video shows Denver sheriff’s deputy attacking shackled inmate

Denver’s safety department waited a year to discipline a sheriff’s deputy for grabbing an inmate appearing before a judge and slamming him into a wall.