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Haltzman Law Firm regularly posts news and pertinent information on criminal defense and personal injury practice matters. Check back often to see what is new and relevant to our practice.
News Blog
Haltzman Law Firm regularly posts news and pertinent information on criminal defense and personal injury practice matters. Check back often to see what is new and relevant to our practice.
Colorado DUI Enforcement Ramps Up
During last year’s Fourth of July enforcement period, 311 DUI arrests were made in Colorado. DENVER — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and local law enforcement agencies will conduct a Fourth of July DUI enforcement period...
Fort Collins creates committee to consider police policy, funding reforms
The committee is tentatively tasked with . . . reviews internal investigations of police and community service officer conduct.
Hundreds join Black Lives Matter call for change in Fort Collins protest
As police brutality protests continue, Fort Collins could see policing reform from above FORT COLLINS- Pain. Pride. Power. Anger. Love. Speaker after speaker took the microphone on the stage at Fort Collins' Old Town Square Friday afternoon as part of police brutality...
Colorado Democrats unveil sweeping police accountability bill in response to George Floyd’s death
The legislation is expected to be introduced as soon as Wednesday in the Colorado Senate and comes in response the death last week of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis COLORADO- Democratic state lawmakers on Tuesday began to unveil a sweeping bill...
Black drivers get pulled over by police less at night when their race is obscured by ‘veil of darkness,’ Stanford study finds
The largest-ever study of alleged racial profiling during traffic stops has found that blacks, who are pulled over more frequently than whites by day, are much less likely to be stopped after sunset, when “a veil of darkness” masks their race. That is one of several...
Colorado Motorcycle Deaths Up 24%
Fort Collins- The Larimer County Coroner's Office released the names of the two men who died in separate crashes Wednesday. Douglas R. Brower was killed in the crash at U.S. Highway 287 and Overland Trail. Jacob Duncan was the motorcyclist killed in a crash on Larimer...
Inadequate coronavirus prevention at Weld County jail violates rights of medically vulnerable inmates, judge rules
DENVER- The order is the first time in Colorado that a judge has intervened in a correction facility’s coronavirus procedures. The Weld County jail is violating the constitutional rights of medically vulnerable inmates by not adequately protecting them from the...
Colorado attorney general discusses current state issues
FORT COLLINS- As election season fast approaches, it’s time to start discussing Colorado’s future and the effects of the Supreme Court’s decisions on our state. The Colorado attorney general held an event at Haltzman Law Firm on Thursday to meet with Northern Colorado...
Under Colorado law, it matters a lot where you fall on an icy sidewalk
FORT COLLINS- You know the nearer your destination The more you're slip slidin' away -- Paul Simon, Slip Slidin’ Away. I’m worried about you, my fellow metro Denverites. I’m afraid you may be slipping, just like me. It’s the times in which we live. One snowstorm after...
Change to Boulder criminal obstruction definition draws criticism, causes confusion
Under the previous criminal code, Carr said peace officers, which will now be defined as firefighters, emergency medical service providers and some volunteers for such agencies, in addition to police officers, can legally order members of the public to step back 8 feet from where officials are working. People can be charged with obstruction if they do not comply.