On Wednesday, February 22, 2017 the Denver Sheriffs FOP Lodge 27 is joining with groups representing the Denver Community in speaking out over serious concerns involving the Denver Jail and safety issues. Serious issues concerning staffing, overcrowding, inmate safety and officer safety are issues of concern to both the citizens of Denver and the proud […]
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The Colorado FOP Police Officers’ Foundation was founded in 1997 and is a charitable corporation that operates under the 501 (c)(3) provisions of the federal tax code. The FOP Foundation has organized this event to help raise funds to assist one of our brothers in dire need of financial support. March 18, 2017 @ 5:00 […]
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The DSD “Use of Force Social Climate” has been completed and we encourage Denver Deputies to review the completed results at the website link at the bottom of this page, and then provide the FOP with any responses you have. Please provide responses to general survey results regarding, current safety and risks in DSD, security […]
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The FOP is partnering with the University of Colorado at Denver, Educators, Community Leaders, and Denver Sheriff Deputies to host a Discussion Forum about the problems and current state of the Denver Sheriff Department. All Denver Deputies are invited to review and discuss the results of an independent survey compiled by the University of […]
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I woke up this morning to a nation reeling from the ambush and murder of three police officers. Men who had sworn to protect and serve, who were ambushed and executed in their patrol cars, in two instances shot in the head at close range. I woke up to a nation protesting their attack, their […]
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The Downtown Detention Center in Denver has been open and operating for 6 years now and it was supposed to be safer and more efficient than the previous facilities to but according to the staff working there, things don’t seem to be safer or more efficient than before. In fact many Deputies who are familiar […]
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It is no secret that the Denver Sheriff Department has had an abundance of negative news stories in the past few years, especially under the current administration. Often these media stories ignore relevant and factual information about the true character as well as the high quality of the rank and file Deputy and other staff […]
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It has been said for many years that the Denver Deputy Sheriff is the “Red headed stepchild” of the Department of Safety in Denver and indeed many Deputies in Denver feel exactly like that. Denver Deputies are used to feeling discounted and disenfranchised in the Department of Safety. Nevertheless, the Denver Deputy has always performed […]
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The following is the Position of the Denver Sheriff’s Department FOP Lodge 27 in regards to the politically motivated, dangerous and unreasonable “Use of Force” policy recently adopted by the Department. Brothers & Sisters of the Denver Sheriff’s Department, By now you have all heard about the new Use of Force policy that has been […]
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We have a problem in our profession and it is a destroyer of lives. For years it has been law enforcement’s dirty little secret. It has to do with excessive stress caused by the job and in its extreme form Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. It can and does kill. PTSD is one of […]
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