Denver police seeking consent to track stolen cars as incidents rise
The Denver Police Department is launching a new program they say will help them curb crime throughout the city by starting with tracking some cars.
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Dillon Thomas is a multi-Emmy Award winning general assignment reporter/MSJ for CBS News Colorado in Denver. He is a proud Latino and a native Coloradan with family roots from Pueblo to Northern Colorado. When not shooting and editing his own stories, he can be found filling in on the CBS News Colorado anchor desk.
He created a documentary, "Scarred: Lessons from Cameron Peak" which won two Emmys, and his coverage of the performing arts has won another.
In 2023 Dillon was selected as a "40 Under Forty" honoree by BizWest, which recognizes professionals for their careers and contributions to their communities.
Growing up in Aurora, Dillon began his journalism career at Smoky Hill High School. He later attended Colorado State University. Currently, Dillon is on staff at CSU as advisor of the campus's student-ran television station and also serves on the advisory council for the university's journalism school.
During college Dillon interned at CBS. His first job in TV was in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Dillon returned to Denver to join the CBS News Colorado team in October of 2016 and serves as Your Northern Colorado Reporter. Dillon is also CBS Colorado's performing arts reporter covering the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and he also has served as the station's representative at Cheyenne Frontier Days since 2019.
While some of Dillon's favorite interviews are those of everyday Coloradans, he has had the honor to interview big names including Presidents Trump, Obama and W. Bush.
During his free time, Dillon can be found playing basketball, watching the NBA or visiting with family and friends. He has a passion for traveling and is well-along in a mission to see the Denver Nuggets play in every NBA arena.
You can contact Dillon by sending an email to yourreporter@cbs.com.
The Denver Police Department is launching a new program they say will help them curb crime throughout the city by starting with tracking some cars.
Researchers with Colorado State University predict local liquor stores could lose an additional 5% of sales starting next week when the wine is permitted to be sold in grocery stores.
The City of Denver has started issuing notices of violation of city law to many landlords across the city following the implementation of a new law that began on Jan. 1.
STOMP, a Broadway production which has sold out theaters for several decades, is now showing at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The production, which runs nearly two hours without intermission, is only in Denver's Buell Theater through Sunday, Feb. 26.
Over 100 schools across 11 northern Colorado school districts are partnering with the state's largest medical provider to improve healthy eating habits. The "5210+ challenge" has helped kids learn healthy choices for many years.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office and other area agencies found themselves responding to several incidents that placed public safety at risk over the holiday weekend.
More than 20 residents with disabilities in Greeley are on the hunt for housing after their landlord, Adeo, notified them of plans to renovate and repurpose a complex for disabled individuals this summer.
United Airlines is in the process of hiring thousands of new Denver-based employees as part of their hub's expansion.
A board in Weld County has denied former Loveland Police officer Austin Hopp's application for community corrections, extending his stay behind bars for at least another six months.
For nearly two decades some students in Weld County have made the 39-mile each-way drive to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts to see live performances of the very tales they've studied.
Newly appointed CSU President Amy Parsons is ready to help fix a nationwide trend of young students shying away from higher education.
Fort Collins Police Services is investigating whether or not a man who was walking near a home that went up in flames on Tuesday morning was involved with the fire and associated death.
Dearfield, located dozens of miles southeast of Greeley, was one of the most prominent Black farming communities in the early 1900s.
According to the family of Karen Garner, the Loveland woman who experienced a broken arm and other injuries during a 2020 arrest, former officer Austin Hopp could be released early from his five-year prison sentence.
Denver Nuggets forward Peyton Watson and team announcer Kyle Speller were among several employees, who visited the Black American West Museum in Five Points on Friday.