Crime and Public Safety

Broomfield High student suffers traumatic brain injury after head-to-head crash on Colo. 93

August Soto’s friend was driving him home after they both worked to demolish a home in the mountains. He was heading north on Colo. 93, just short of its intersection with Colo. 128, when the driver shifted partially into the oncoming lane.

August Soto, 16, is a state-qualifying wrestler who suffered a traumatic brain injury July 22 after a vehicle crash. (Photo by Trent Tanner)

Aurora man arrested in hit-and-run that killed 16-year-old on scooter

Police tape and a Boulder police cruiser. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

1 killed, 5 injured in overnight shootings across Denver, Aurora

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Tanner Sholes is suing the Craig Police Department and the Moffat County Sheriff's Office after an incident during which he was intentionally struck by a sheriff's SUV. Sholes stands for a portrait outside his mother’s home in Craig on July 9, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Police in rural Colorado plowed into a suspect who had his hands up. The undersheriff who gave the command has since been promoted.

Police shootings and excessive-force allegations have become increasingly common in recent years in Craig.

Denver Police Department

Shown is a Philadelphia police car with flashing lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Police departments reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers in 2023 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began and since the 2020 police killing of George Floyd spurred nationwide protests and increased scrutiny of police, according to a survey released by the Police Executive Research Forum. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

21-year-old arrested in shooting of 4, including 3 bystanders, near Coors Field

Denver police arrested a 21-year-old in connection to a shooting downtown that injured four people over the weekend.

Aurora Police Department

Aurora cyclist killed in suspected DUI crash on Havana

Investigators believe both speed and alcohol were factors in the crash on South Havana Street.

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A worker plays with dogs at PetSmart in the Littleton area on Feb. 18, 2015. (Seth McConnell/The Denver Post)

PetSmart used dog grooming school to ‘trap’ employees, Colorado says

“PetSmart lured prospective dog groomers with promises of ‘free’ paid training, only to trap them...

gun violence

Representative Tom Sullivan receives the first ...

A timeline of Colorado gun laws since the Aurora movie theater shooting

Colorado lawmakers have adopted more than two dozen new laws regulating the sale, purchase, possession...

stabbings

Son charged with murder, assault in fatal Castle Pines stabbing

Messiah Williams faces five felony charges, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and...

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A member of Homeland Security Investigations stands outside an armored vehicle in Denver on Feb. 5, 2025. The officer was part of a Homeland Security tactical team participating in immigration raids in Denver and Aurora. The team had been using the Best Buy parking lot at 4100 E Mexico Ave as a staging area for some of its operations.(Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

ICE announces arrests of 243 immigrants in metro Denver operation, alleging all had criminal histories

Federal immigration authorities arrested at least 243 undocumented immigrants with varying criminal backgrounds in the...