Officer Mark Moore
Aurora police release video of fatal police shooting during mental health crisis
AURORA | Police on Friday released body camera footage of an April 9 fatal shooting of 23-year-old Amare Garlington, who was experiencing a mental health crisis and stabbed a responding officer and a police dog. On Friday, the Aurora Police Department posted an eight-minute video with audio recordings of the 911 call and police communications, […]
Aurora police reform monitor urges mental health system scrutiny after police shootings
AURORA | A report from the city’s contracted public safety monitor is calling for improvements to mental health services to prevent deadly confrontations between police and people in crisis. Within the past year, Aurora police have had three officer-involved shootings while responding to mental health crises, including an April 9 incident that ended with an […]