Rashaud Johnson
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 […]
EDITORIAL: Condolences aren’t the problem in Aurora. Police shootings are
The problem Aurora can’t get past was made clear this week with controversy created in trying to adopt a policy dictating how city lawmakers should behave when they have to confront the public after news of an officer-involved shooting. One side of the city council scowlingly insists that offering condolences to friends and family members […]