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Do Colorado Cops Need Warrant To Track You By Cell Phone?

A lot can be done with technology these days. Police can track the movements of anyone with a cell phone. They can, but under what circumstances do they actually do this and are they required to get a warrant ahead of time? The answers to those questions aren’t so clear. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 at 6:06 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Mistaken Identity Not Uncommon In Denver Arrests

In a period of seven years, there were at least 500 cases of mistaken-identity arrests in Denver, this according to a study from the ACLU and used in a lawsuit on behalf of some of those mistakenly detained in the Denver jail. Both the city and county of Denver are named in the lawsuit, which seeks compensation from people who were held for days and even weeks before the officials corrected their mistakes. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 at 3:59 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Denver Criminal Justice Officials May Face Different Standard for DUI Arrest

Police Chief Gerald Whitman may not be the head of Denver’s police department for much longer, but he is making waves on his way out. He has proposed a change in procedures for when officers or other local criminal justice employee or public officials are pulled over for drunk driving. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 at 3:37 pm and is filed under dui. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Man, Convicted of Sexual Abuse and Sentenced to 145 Years, Appeals

In 2002 Charles Farrar was convicted of several counts of sexual assault on a minor. The victim, his daughter, Sacha, accused him and her mother of “forcing her into sexual encounters from the age of eleven until she was fifteen,” according to Westword. Now nine years into his sentence, Farrar is appealing on the basis of inadequate representation and prosecutorial misconduct. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 at 8:20 am and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Aurora Colorado Man Visited By Cops After Pizza Guy Smells Pot

An Aurora Colorado man got a lot more than a pizza last week when he called Papa John’s. He got a visit from the police, who were there to check on the welfare of the man’s 9 year old daughter. The welfare-check was done because the pizza delivery man who came to drop off dinner smelled marijuana and was concerned the man had been smoking in front of the child. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 at 6:08 pm and is filed under drug laws. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Marijuana Legalization in Colorado Supported by ACLU

The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado announced its support for full marijuana legalization in Colorado this past week. The ACLY says that it cannot support marijuana prohibition at a time when there are scarce public resources, among other things. They said this should be a civil rights issue as well as a financial issue. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 3:44 pm and is filed under drug laws. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Denver Cops Known for Lying and Beating Reinstated at DPD

Two Denver police officers who were found to have used excessive force and later to have lied on their reports documenting the situation are now back in blue, working desk jobs with the Denver Police Department and likely hoping to make it back on the streets. A civil service hearing panel determined their firing was unjust this week, much to the dismay of the victims of their beating and nearly anyone who saw the video. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 at 11:53 am and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Are Denver Cops Avoiding Contact with Public?

In the midst of more serious repercussions for misconduct, are officers with the Denver Police Department laying low, avoiding citizen contact whenever possible? The Denver Post suggests fear of discipline may be driving lower contact numbers across the city, though the union says there’s “no organized work slowdown.” [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Monday, July 11th, 2011 at 2:55 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Accountability Shown In Firings Of Denver Police Officers

We’re only four months into 2011 and already six members of the Denver Police Department have been fired. Just this week two more were fired, not for their inappropriate uses of force (caught on camera here), but for lying about the incident after the fact. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 at 2:10 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Possible Prostitution Law Changes In Colorado

Right now if you were to be stopped by the police for solicitation of a prostitute, you would be fined $75. This is less than the fine for littering. Lawmakers in Colorado are trying to change this imbalance by increasing penalties for prostitution customers, more commonly known as “johns”. [Read More...]

This entry was posted on Friday, March 25th, 2011 at 9:59 am and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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