Two Denver suburbs eye new oversight of their police departments

Two Denver suburbs eye new oversight of their police departments

Two Front Range cities are eyeing more oversight for their police departments. Lakewood’s City Council voted last week to “work toward the establishment” of an independent civilian oversight board for the city’s police department. And in Aurora, the city set aside about $330,000 this year to fund an Office of Police Accountability — even as city officials say they are still considering how oversight should be structured. The creation of an indep…