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Aurora
IN THE BLUE: No discipline for 2 Aurora cops after 4 lawsuits
Special thank to Brian Howey of The Sentinal (via AP Storyshare) Some officers creating problems with criminal cases continue without consequences or department review In The Blue is a project of the Sentinel Colorado Investigative Reporting Lab. The Lab’s mission…
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Month in Review | April 2023
Recapping some of the main events in Boulder County, Colorado, America, and the world all within the past month.
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The price of open records in Colorado shouldn’t keep them closed
The thorny question of what constitutes “real” journalism practiced by “real” journalists becomes dangerous, especially when the information gatekeepers get to judge their questioners.
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IN THE BLUE: Bar none — Dearth of Aurora cop recruits prompts city to advance, hire applicants who test poorly
“That’s really scraping the bottom of the barrel,” said Wayne Cascio, an industrial psychologist and economist at the University of Colorado Denver, who pioneered the test-scoring system used by the department today. “They’re barely qualified to be able to get…
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Month in Review | March 2023
Recapping some of the main events in Boulder County, Colorado, America, and the world all within the past month.
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IN THE BLUE: Aurora cop disciplined but not charged for stalking former girlfriend, now heads DART squad
“All too often DAs look the other way when they see police harassing, lying and engaging in illegal conduct. They could be an early warning system and they’re one of the few actors that have the power to deter.”
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MAKING HISTORY: Colorado students laud pilot Black history class caught in culture wars
Overland High School is one of 60 schools in the nation — and the only one in Colorado — participating in the pilot program for AP African American Studies.
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Map experts dig for roots of racial separation in metro Denver neighborhoods
Why do the metro area’s communities look the way they do? The answer isn’t completely clear, but two map experts have delved into local property records, uncovering data that could help start to answer that question. They’re trying to discover…
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Designer leaps from Aurora to national TV show
Out of 100 applicants, Moore made it to the final 10, and then to the final three candidates. After multiple rounds of interviews and live camera tests, in June of last year she was asked to be on the show.
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