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• Air Force reductions for 2013

  February 11, 2013 6:27 PM

  The Air Force is trying to trim back; they're asking for voluntary retirements across the board. It would be a reduction of 3,340 airmen; the goal is by September. Right now the retirements are voluntary, according to the Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs. Here are the reductions;... more »

• New details into Tuesday's officer involved shooting in Woodland Park

  January 23, 2013 7:29 PM

  New details continue to pour in over Tuesday's deadly officer involved shooting in Woodland Park. Around 2:30 p.m., two officers with the Woodland Park Police Department pulled over Craig Bondo, 20, for driving a stolen Saturn station wagon along Highway 24. While attempting to make an arrest, the... more »

• Police say deadly force on teen justified

  August 3, 2012 6:40 AM

  CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) - Prosecutors say a Buena Vista police officer was justified in fatally shooting an 18-year-old Leadville man who led officers on an 80-mile chase and had a gun. Investigators later learned Jacob VanderBeek's gun was a replica pellet gun, and a grenade he had was inert.... more »

• NYPD's stop-and-frisk stops still on the rise

  May 13, 2012 12:47 AM

  The NYPD says officers stopped people on New York City's streets 203,500 times from January through March. That's up from 183,326 during the same quarter last year. The policy allows an officer to stop a person based on reasonable suspicion, which is lower than that of probable cause needed... more »

• D.A.R.E. no more in Pueblo

  April 24, 2012 7:17 PM

  The DARE program has reached it's last stop in Pueblo. The police department is ending the drug and violence resistance courses in the fall in order to put more officers out on the streets. Captain James Gowin of the PPD's Services Bureau says the change was prompted by in-depth efficiency... more »

• Retired officers gave key tip in fugitive search

  August 12, 2011 5:33 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A crucial tip that led to the arrests of three fugitive siblings in Colorado came from two retired officers, one a former state trooper and the other a former wildlife officer. The pair were on a leisure trip in the San Isabel National Forest Wednesday morning... more »

• Looking deeper into the pasts of arrested officers

  June 12, 2011 7:30 PM

  Two felony arrests in the last month of Colorado Springs police officers have been a black eye for the department. "There's probably not a group of people more disappointed about this, outside of any victims, than the police department itself," says Sgt. Steve Noblitt. However, Officers Carrier and... more »

• Fallen officers to be honored Friday

  May 18, 2011 7:25 PM

  On Friday, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office will host the 18th Annual Pikes Peak Region Peace Officers' Memorial Service. The service will be held at America the Beautiful Park, located at 126 Cimino Drive at 10:00 a.m. The memorial service honors the twenty seven Pikes Peak area peace... more »

• 4 Detroit police officers shot at precinct

  January 23, 2011 7:18 PM

  DETROIT (AP) - A police official says a gunman opened fire inside a Detroit police precinct, shooting at least four officers including a commander. Sgt. Todd Eby tells the Detroit Free Press that he was sitting at his desk at the precinct on the city's northwest side when the... more »

• Mountain lion spotted near Englewood light-rail station

  August 13, 2010 9:59 AM

  There's been another mountain lion sighting in the Denver area. Police in Englewood say someone spotted a mountain lion around 5:30 a.m. Friday morning near a light-rail station. Officers with rifles moved into the area but the cat disappeared. It's near a residential neighborhood where mountain lions... more »

• Pot dispensary owner says CSPD seized profits

  July 22, 2010 1:03 PM

  The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary plans to sue Colorado Springs police, alleging they seized $13,000 in profits from his car. Doctor's Orders co-owner Robert Pooler has filed a notice of his intent to sue. He plans to seek $120,000 in damages. Pooler says police searched his car... more »

• 4 Denver police injured in chase

  July 15, 2010 1:29 PM

  Four Denver police officers were treated for minor injuries after a drive-by shooting suspect's car was rammed by police cruisers. Police say a man suspected of firing shots into a group of people and hitting a man in the leg fled from police late Wednesday. During the chase, police... more »

• Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony today

  May 7, 2010 9:47 AM

  Thirteen new names are being etched into the Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial in Golden. One officer died in 2009--Montrose Police Department Officer David J. Kinterknecht, July 25, 2009. The others are historic, including many from Southern Colorado. Gov. Bill Ritter has declared Friday Colorado Law Enforcement Day. The... more »

• CSPD: Dad ordered kids to bite officers

  January 29, 2010 8:36 AM

  Colorado Springs police say they arrested a 28-year-old man accused of passing out in a McDonald's play area and telling his two children to bite the officers who were trying to arrest him. Police say officers had to use a Taser on Joshua Alger to subdue him Wednesday after... more »