Denver board reverses firing of jail deputy Thomas Ford
A city board has ordered the reinstatement of Denver Sheriff Department Deputy Thomas Ford, who was fired in 2014 for punching an inmate at the Downtown Detention Center. The order…
Excessive Force Lawsuit Names Federal Heights Chief, Officers
FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Colo. (CBS4)– The Federal Heights chief of police and two officers have been named in a federal lawsuit. The complaint sites a pattern of excessive force and lack…
Man accuses Federal Heights police of using excessive force in federal lawsuit
FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Colo. -- A man who accused Federal Heights police of using excessive force has filed a federal lawsuit against the department. Police cameras recorded Cpl. Mark Magness dragging…
Federal Heights police accused of torture in federal lawsuit
A man who was slammed into a refrigerator and punched by a Federal Heights Police Department officer has accused the agency of condoning officer brutality in a lawsuit filed Wednesday…
Denver deputy suspended for using racial slur on inmate
DENVER - A Denver deputy is off the job with no pay for making racial comments to a Muslim inmate. Deputy Jimmy Underwood has been suspended for 30 days for…
Law enforcement nationwide track ‘use of force’ differently; Based on self-reporting by officers
DENVER - The use of force by law enforcement has no uniformity from one department to another, a Denver7 investigation has discovered. Police departments and sheriff's offices are not required…
After 6 years, Denver officer Ricky Nixon fired for brutalizing women at diner, lying about it
After six years of legal appeals, the Civil Service Commission reversed itself Friday and agreed to fire Denver police officer Ricky Nixon for brutalizing several women outside the Denver Diner…
Officer seen shoving bar patron down stairs has suspension overturned; appeal vowed
A suspended Denver police officer who was caught on video shoving a bar patron against a flight of stairs had his 30-day suspension overturned by a Civil Service Commission hearing…
Hearing officer overturns discipline of Denver cops in separate alleged excessive force cases
For the second time in less than a month, an appeal hearing officer has overturned the discipline of a Denver police officer captured on video using what the city alleged…
How police body cams help a civil rights attorney’s cases
Last December, after he'd been arrested in Federal Heights north of Denver, Kent Lasnik was getting shoved around and pushed into a cell when he cursed and threw his arm at an officer. That's…