Denver November 2004 Election
Here's a story about the District Attorney forum from Tuesday night, from the Rocky Mountain News [May 26, 2004, "DA candidates offer views on cop-shooting probes"]. From the article, "Mitch Morrissey, a 20-year Denver prosecutor, said he favors an open grand jury system, with the evidence revealed for the public. But he went further, saying officer training and non-lethal weapons are the most effective tools in preventing the problem...Morrissey said he also advocates an 'after-care' crisis intervention program. Cops are trained to recognize a potential attacker like 15-year-old Childs as mentally disabled, to calm the situation through a de-escalation process and then to get the troubled person to a hospital or mental health center...McCann, a former Denver prosecutor and public safety administrator who works in the attorney general's office, said citizen grand juries should investigate questionable shootings...But Walsh, a former federal attorney now in private practice, said grand juries aren't effective because they operate in secret. Walsh suggested an 'open and completely transparent' system that calls for an immediate investigation, with witnesses interviewed and videotaped. Then, an independent police monitoring office, staffed by law enforcement experts with no ties to Denver, would watch the investigation and issue a report to the public."
You can download a .pdf of Attorney General, Ken Salazar's, Code of Ethics and Principles of Campaign Conduct here.
Update: SFGate.com: "Activists hope to make Hispanic voters key players in Colorado." Thanks to MakesMeRalph for the link.
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