Arapahoe County Sheriff Department
Drought increasingly driving hungry bears into metro area communities — video
DENVER | Patrick Sullivan was sure it was a “crazy neighbor” honking a car horn nonstop while Sullivan was up feeding his infant son at 3 a.m. one night this summer. It was a neighbor all right, but not a human one. A black bear had opened the door of a Toyota SUV and gotten […]
Arapahoe County sheriff force faces EEOC probe over employee screening practices
This story was first published at CPR News. DENVER | The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office is under federal scrutiny for its use of psychological screening services that a Colorado lawyer argues violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. And Arapahoe could be just the first of many agencies to face scrutiny of their hiring practices. Law […]
Bearly mid-summer, major ursa sightings are sky high in the metro area, but not in Aurora
AURORA | As if the relentless heat and brown grass isn’t enough for Front Rangers these days, get ready for bears. “So we’re seeing more bears there than we have in any year,” Colorado Division of Wildlife spokesperson Kara Van Hoose said Friday. The Arapahoe County Sheriff Department relayed a bear sighting Thursday along the […]