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Previous Next Ken Suarez, Robin Clifford Suarez, Regina and Richard Griffiths were identified by Denver Police Ancestry Researcher Jeff Burke as descendants of fallen Denver Police Officers Thomas J. Clifford and William Griffiths. Both officers lost their lives on August 13, 1899 in lower downtown Denver. This was the first time in Denver Police History […]

Kelly Fisher Goodwin was one of the U.S.’s top female cyclists until she retired from racing. On Friday, she and 26 others were sworn in as Denver Police officers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzPJOYd-t-E DENVER — From 2005 to 2013, Kelly Fisher Goodwin was one of the best female cyclists in the U.S., racing all over the world for some

Denver CO – On June 24, 2022 at 7:00pm the Denver Police Museum, the Denver Black Officers Organization, and the Denver Police Department will host a special vigil honoring the life, legacy, and sacrifice of Fallen Denver Police Officer Celena Hollis on the 10th Anniversary of her line of duty death at Denver’s City Park,

(9News) Oct. 14, 1969, started out as the happiest of days for Antoinette Cuccia and her family, who were celebrating her daughter Michele’s first birthday at their home in Trinidad in southern Colorado. Things were going well. The cake was about to be served. And then the phone rang. “My sister reminds me all the

The ‘John Wayne’ of DPD was 90 years old.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aTXaOHHdvg (9News) DENVER — He served with the Denver Police Department for 34 years, eventually rising to the rank of division chief, but he was best known by many as a “King’s” close friend. Jim Collier spent 34 years with the Denver Police Department, including one year as

(Mark Samuelson Special to The Denver Gazette) On Feb. 18, 1921, Officer Willie O. Steam was nearing the end of his shift in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood when he was shot from behind by an assailant involved in an illegal card game that police had broken up. Steam, 48, became Denver’s first Black officer to

Rae Beth Hunn, Laura Tinnin-Whitney and Carol Hogue sued when DPD first rejected their applications to become officers in the ’70s. It changed history. Laura Tinnin-Whitney Rae Beth Hunn(9News) DENVER — The Denver Police Museum recently honored Rae Beth Hunn, Carol Hogue and Laura Tinnin-Whitney for Black History Month. The three women fought racism and