Denver voters could be asked to end mayor’s ability to hire, fire city’s police watchdog

The city’s top law enforcement accountability position has been vacant since January

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Andy Cross, The Denver Post
Protesters gets in the faces of Denver police officers gathered near Colfax Avenue and Broadway on the third day of George Floyd protests in Denver May 30, 2020. Denver voters this fall may be asked to make changes to the Office of the Independent Monitor, which provides oversight of the Denver Police Department and issued a highly critical report about how officers responded to the George Floyd protests last year.
By Elise Schmelzer | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
August 5, 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.