Tag: Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act
Senate committee advances bill that opens files on police internal affairs...
A Colorado Senate committee Wednesday evening advanced legislation that would open records on completed law enforcement internal affairs investigations.
House Bill 19-1119, which passed the...
Court secrecy, a handcuffed journalist, ‘Access Denied’: CFOIC’s year-in-review 2018
Two words come to mind when looking back at 2018’s government transparency highlights and lowlights in Colorado.
Judicial secrecy.
In June, the Colorado Supreme Court baffled many legal...
Colorado bill would open records on completed police internal affairs investigations
Colorado would join a dozen other states that require public disclosure of internal records on police misconduct under legislation introduced in the House on...
Judge orders Aurora to conduct balancing test in suit challenging denial...
Citing two Colorado Supreme Court decisions, a judge has ordered the Aurora Police Department to produce a written analysis of “pertinent factors” it did...
Lawsuit challenges Aurora’s ‘blanket policy’ of rejecting requests for police internal...
The city of Aurora’s “blanket policy” of denying open records requests for police internal affairs files, apparently without regard to the facts and circumstances...
A mother’s quest for police records on the death of her...
Rochelle Reynolds had lots of questions after her 25-year-old son, John, died following an early-morning encounter with police in the western Colorado town of...
DOC discloses James Holmes’ inmate number after denying requests
This story originally appeared on the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition website as "After multiple requests are denied, DOC decides to disclose James Holmes’...