For now, the measure is dead. But Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper predicts that the felony DUI proposal will one day soon be revived, passed by the state legislature and signed by him into law.As we previously noted in this space, the measure had significant...
Month: May 2014
Did DUI charge help Denver Broncos get a draft day steal?
Yesterday's first round of the NFL draft was full of anticipation, surprises and excitement for football fans. Denver got what many believe was an unexpected windfall when highly touted cornerback Bradley Roby fell all the way to the Broncos, picking 31st overall.The...
Colorado felony DUI proposal dies in Senate committee
Though the bill passed the Colorado House with little opposition, it failed to even reach the floor of the state Senate for debate. Denver’s Sen. Mike Johnston said the felony DUI bill he co-sponsored died due to “shenanigans” in the Senate Appropriations Committee,...
DUI arrests down in Denver
Because the U.S. economy has struggled to rebound, a lot of Americans have had to downsize since 2008. Even the Denver Police Department has become smaller in those years.One of the effects of a leaner police force is that fewer drivers are being arrested for DUI in...
Bias at the Colorado DMV?
A Denver TV station recently exposed a list of “joke” computer passwords that are apparently shared among employees at Colorado’s Division of Motor Vehicles. Now that this private list has been made public, some DMV employees are squirming. Why? Because the list is...