Police interactions can happen to anyone, whether you are walking down the street or driving along the highway. In Colorado, there have been a total of 7,137 civilian complaints of police misconduct between 2016 and 2022. This statistic highlights why knowing how to...
A Denver jury awarded $19.75 million to six bystanders struck by gunfire when former Denver Police Officer Brandon Ramos opened fire on a crowded LoDo street in July 2022. The victims suffered severe injuries and long-term trauma. Viorst Law represented two of the...
If you experience or witness police brutality in Colorado, it’s important to know how to protect yourself and build a strong case. State laws support your right to record and report misconduct. However, how you go about it can impact whether your complaint is taken...
Occasionally, law enforcement officers need to intervene in a crime in progress or apprehend someone who may have broken the law. Officers receive extensive training and specialized equipment to help them do their jobs as safely as possible. Ideally, officers can...
In recent years, police brutality has gained significant attention and sparked intense debates worldwide. One potential solution the ever-present risk of brutality is the recording of law enforcement officers during their interactions with the public. Recording law...
In recent years, there’s been an increasing awareness that law enforcement officers all too frequently take the law into their own hands. In many cases, they decide that they can act with impunity – as if they are the law or are simply above it. Recently, the city of...
If you followed the story of George Floyd, you may be interested to know that the state trials of two of the officers involved have been delayed until January 2023. Why? The goal, the judge stated, was to do the best they could to provide the defendants a right to a...
According to a recent report, Colorado is again experiencing a slew of police-involved shootings. You may already know that our state is considered one of the most prolific police shooting states, but the number of shootings dropped dramatically in 2020. In 2021,...
You know that there are cases of police brutality, in part because the biggest ones make it into the news cycle. There may be protests over cases where police officers take the lives of civilians. But is this actually as common as the news makes it sound? It’s...
A young millennial who has been stopped by the police is not responding in a way the officers would like. They may be non-responsive to their questions. As a police officer moves to place handcuffs on the person, they resist the officer. One officer pulls their Taser....
