Denver suburb passes resolution saying city will never find police officers acted in bad faith

Published July 9, 2020 6:10pm ET



The City Council of the Denver suburb of Greenwood Village, Colorado, passed a resolution on Wednesday that effectively nullifies a portion of a new statewide policing law.

The resolution, which was unanimously passed on Monday, requires the city to find that a police officer accused of wrongdoing did not act in bad faith. This clashes with a Colorado law passed in June that allows victims of police brutality to sue the officer involved in the incident if the city finds that the officer acted in bad faith.

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