When an officer-involved shooting occurs, the District Attorney is responsible for determining whether criminal charges should be filed; whether criminal charges should not be filed or whether to present the case to the Grand Jury for an indictment decision. If the District Attorney decides not to file criminal charges, the District Attorney releases a “decision letter” of his findings.
Decision Letters:
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- Colorado State Patrol Trooper Bockhold, Deputy Davis, Deputy Barcenas, and Deputy Finkbiner of the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office
- Press Release 4/2/2024 – Highway 36 – December 24 Incident
- District Attorney Decision Letter – Highway 36 – December 24
- DA Dougherty conducts a Community Town Hall after every BCIT investigation. The virtual Town Hall will be at 3:30 p.m. on April 4, 2024. It will include some video clips from the incident. Questions can be submitted to boulderda@bouldercounty.org. The link to join the Town Hall is https://bit.ly/CSPBoulderOISTownHall.
- Police Officers Nathan Schultz and Jarrett Mastriona of the Boulder Police Department
- Press Release 3/7/2024 – City of Boulder – December 17 2023 Incident
- District Attorney Decision Letter – Boulder PD OIS – December 17 2023
- Letter Pursuant to C.R.S. 24-31-902(2)(b)(III) – Withhold release of BWC video during BCIT investigation
- DA Dougherty conducts a Community Town Hall after every BCIT investigation in order to be transparent and accessible. The virtual Town Hall will be at 3:00 p.m. on March 14, 2024. It will include some video clips from the incident. Questions can be submitted to boulderda@bouldercounty.org. The link to join is https://bit.ly/OISNorthBoulder. Community members are, also, able to call into the Town Hall at 720-400-7859 Conference ID: 526 685 044#.
- Corporal Leonard Fazio and Police Officer Houston Lair of
the Lafayette Police Department - Officer Nathan Miller of the Longmont Police Department
- Press Release 8/3/2023 – OIS with Longmont PD – June 15 2023
- District Attorney Decision Letter – Longmont PD OIS – June 15 2023
- Town Hall: For individuals interested in the process and findings, District Attorney Michael Dougherty will conduct a virtual Town Hall via Microsoft Teams at 1:30 p.m. on August 9, 2023. Questions can be submitted in advance at boulderda@bouldercounly.org. Community members can join the Town Hall at this link: https://bit.ly/LPDOISTownHall. (If someone needs to phone into the Town Hall, please send an email to the above-referenced email address.)
- Officer Collin Keith and Officer Nathaniel Taylor of the Boulder Police Department
- Press Release 07-12-2023
- Decision Letter
- Town Hall: For individuals interested in the process and findings, as well as the body-worn camera videos, District Attorney Michael Dougherty will conduct a virtual Town Hall via Microsoft Teams on July 17th at 1 :30 p.m. Questions can be submitted in advance at boulderda@bouldercounty.org. Community members are able to join the Town Hall at: bit.ly/BPDBaselineOISTownHall or can call into the Town Hall by calling 720-400-7859, Conference ID# 267 131 965.
- Officer Bryan Pedigo of the Boulder Police Department
- Press Release 02-02-23
- Decision Letter
- Town Hall: virtual Town Hall via MicrosoftTeams at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2023. Questions can be submitted in advance via email to boulderda@bouldercounty.org. Community members are, also, able to call into the Town Hall by calling 720-400-7859, Conference ID# 888 592 015# or join the link at: bit.ly/BPDOISTownHall.
- Officer Jared Fender of the Lafayette Police Department
- Officers Michael Miranda, Officer Ben Hibl, and Officer Mackenzie Calvano, of the Louisville Police Department (“LPD”)
- Colorado State Patrol Trooper Bockhold, Deputy Davis, Deputy Barcenas, and Deputy Finkbiner of the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office
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- Officer Eric Stephens, of the Boulder Police Department.
- Commander Josh Bonafede, Deputy Jeff Black, and Officer Jon Allendorf, of the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and the University of Colorado Boulder Police Department, respectively.
- Officer Austin Iverson
