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Commenter raises concern about Aurora Police cold cases, praises release of shooting video
Summary
A resident raised concerns that a former Aurora Police detective had stored 31 years of cold-case material in a crawl space and commended the department for releasing body-camera footage of a fatal shooting earlier that day.
Aaron, a commenter, told the Aurora City Council he was troubled by reports that a former Aurora Police Department detective had kept "31 years" of cold-case records in a crawl space and said that concealment was inappropriate.
He said the discovery of the material—described as "a treasure of old cases"—should be publicized. "For us, for the new chief or whoever found them in his crawl space, that is completely inappropriate," Aaron said. At the same time he praised officers for releasing video in a fatal shooting earlier that day, saying, "Their lives were absolutely in danger. They did the right thing."
Aaron contrasted the public response to the shooting video with the lack of public attention to the allegation about hidden case material and urged the council and community to review the matter.
The remarks were made during the advisory public comment listening session; no formal council or police department action was recorded during the meeting.
City staff confirmed they would collect contact information for speakers and provide it to the mayor after the session.
