Time to come downtown...safely.
, will have an increased presence downtown. The city plans to use more substance abuse navigators and public health inspectors in the area, and the Support Team Assisted Response , which sends non-law enforcement employees to crisis situations, will develop a dedicated downtown unit.
Finegan noted that his office is in the process of hiring four special prosecutors, paid for with money from the City of Denver, to work on federal criminal gun cases in Denver; Hancock had announced that move in his State of the City speech in July. Colorado has already gotten at least $520 million from lawsuits filed by the AG against pharmaceutical companies in relation to the opioid crisis, Weiser noted, and some of that money will go toward"innovation grants" that municipalities such as Denver can apply for.
Joel Fitzgerald, who became RTD police chief in August, spoke about changes he has already implemented, such as making sure a security officer frequently checks bathrooms."You should feel safe when you’re downtown. You should feel safe in Union Station, you should feel safe in the areas that we cover as RTD," Fitzgerald said.
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