How Colorado lawmakers changed policing in their first full session since George Floyd protests

Bills focused on transparency and closing loopholes from 2020 changes

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Andy Cross, The Denver Post
Protesters at the State Capitol early afternoon, May 30, 2020. Protesters are outraged over the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who was killed by a Minnesota police officer who pinned him to the ground with his knee on his neck.
By Elise Schmelzer | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
June 20, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

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Elise Schmelzer

Elise Schmelzer is the public safety reporter at The Denver Post and covers police, crime and criminal justice. She previously wrote for the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming, the Washington Post and the Colorado Springs Gazette. She studied journalism and Spanish literature at the University of Missouri. When she's not writing, she disappears into the mountains to hike and fish.