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A bill to improve police accountability in Colorado just passed its final reading in the state Senate.
Wide-ranging reforms to law enforcement will become law in Colorado. Friday night, Gov. Jared Polis tweeted he supports Senate Bill 217, also known as a police accountability bill, and will sign it when it gets to his desk.
Democratic Senate candidate John Hickenlooper will have to pay more than $2,700 in fines for ethics violations during his tenure as governor of Colorado.
Colorado lawmakers are working on putting measures on the November ballot.
Among other measures, the bill requires all local and Colorado State Patrol officers who have contact with the public to be equipped with body cameras by July 1, 2023 — two years later than originally proposed — and requires that unedited footage be released to the public within 21 days of a misconduct complaint being filed.
A Colorado commission fined Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper $2,750 on Friday for ethics violations he committed as governor that included accepting a private jet flight to an official event.
There will be sweeping reforms at police departments statewide after the passage of a police accountability bill at the state Capitol.
Majority Democrats in Colorado's Legislature have been rushing through a bill in the last week of the session that would suspend or reduce several business tax credits and corporate incentives to generate millions of dollars for public schools.
Former Gov. John Hickenlooper admits he took the public-private model to a new level, funding programs and even positions in his administration with no oversight.
The statewide mail-in voting has started in the Democratic Senate primary race between John Hickenlooper and Andrew Romanoff in Colorado.
The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill which would make it harder for Coloradans to opt out of required vaccines.
A bipartisan effort at the nation's Capitol would help allocate more funds to outdoor recreation on public lands. The Great American Outdoors Act is being considered in the U.S. Senate.
Protests outside the State Capitol building for the last couple weeks may change police response forever in Colorado.
While Gov. Jared Polis addressed the downward trend of hospitalizations over the past few weeks, he added that this isn't the time to let our guard down.
Democratic Senate contenders John Hickenlooper and Andrew Romanoff will debate Wednesday on CBS4 and CBSN Denver at 6 p.m.
