Tag: mayor michael hancock
Construction-defects reformer Mayor Hancock makes campaign calls from office of Colorado’s...
On the morning of January 29, 2015, incumbent Mayoral candidate Michael Hancock spent 90 minutes making campaign calls from the offices of Oakwood Homes,...
Excessive force in Denver: A mother’s open letter
Last night my sister, Pauline (Isaiah's loving aunt and godmother) came into my room with very disturbing news about a video of...
Troubling new video shows excessive force was ordered at Denver jail
Days after Mayor Michael Hancock ousted Gary Wilson as Denver’s sheriff, a new video underscores the depth of excessive force problems that led to...
One day into job, backstory unfolds about interim sheriff’s criminal record
The city of Denver regularly checks the backgrounds of people it arrests and incarcerates. Why, then, did Michael Hancock’s administration apparently not know about...
Mayor Hancock’s Denver sheriff appointee has “false reporting” criminal conviction
Division Chief Elias Diggins, the man Mayor Michael Hancock has picked to temporarily head the Denver Sheriff’s Department, was once charged with a felony...
Exclusive video: Denver deputy belted, then kicked inmate who posed no...
This is the video Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration doesn’t want you to see.
On its own, it’s disturbing enough. It shows Denver Sheriff’s...
The big schvitz
If you like the scorching summer clime in communities like Sterling or Lamar, you'll love Denver in 2050, when greenhouse gases will be so thick in the air that 100-degree days will be more common than not.
Report: Grievances overlooked in Denver jails
Denver’s sheriffs department is ignoring incidents of staff misconduct, according to a report written by the official tasked with watchdogging the city’s safety agencies.
In State of City Speech, Hancock Celebrates Connection, Touts Power of...
DENVER—In an upbeat State of the State address Monday, Mayor Michael Hancock expressed a vision where the key to bolstering quality of life here was to facilitate connections, between different kinds of residents and different parts of the city and, in an era when the public sector has come under attack, he underlined the powerful role government can play in the critical areas of transit and infrastructure and housing.