Arvada police Officer Gordon Beesley remembered as steady, kind presence who always made time for students

Beesley, who worked as a school resource officer, died Monday while responding to a shooting in Olde Town Arvada

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By Elise Schmelzer | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: June 22, 2021 at 4:49 p.m. | UPDATED: June 22, 2021 at 5:28 p.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.