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Tag: Patrick Firman
Denver Sheriff Patrick Firman expected to resign or be fired "He...
Denver Sheriff Patrick Firman has lost the confidence of city leaders and his own employees, and his departure from the position is imminent.
A half-dozen...
“Beyond Reform”: What Michael Hancock has – and hasn’t – fixed...
Late last August, Mayor Michael Hancock and his top safety officials held a news conference to celebrate what they called “a major milestone” in...
Women say discrimination is rampant in Denver’s “alpha-male” Safety Department Two...
It was November 2017 and two female Denver sheriff’s deputies had asked for a meeting with their boss demanding the right to pee.
The problem,...
Greene: Michael Marshall’s jail killing prompts $4.65 million payout, new policies...
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has reached a $4.65 million settlement with the family of Michael Marshall, whom Denver Sheriff’s deputies killed in the city...
Violence is surging in Denver’s jails
Assaults among inmates in Denver’s jails have increased 784 percent since 2011 and spiked dramatically in the past two years, according to data obtained...
Denver Sheriff’s Department is flailing, despite reform efforts
Fifteen months after Denver Mayor Michael Hancock appointed Sheriff Patrick Firman as a “change agent” to reform the city’s jails, deputies see conditions as...
Rift deepens between Hancock and black leaders
Tensions long have festered between Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver’s black pastors. Especially since the recent death of a mentally ill homeless man restrained...
Transparency? Not so much in Hancock’s appointment of new sheriff.
Michael Hancock had hoped that finding a new sheriff would cure what ails Denver’s violence-plagued, scandal-ridden and otherwise dysfunctional sheriff’s department.
But, for the second...