Wheat Ridge officials report big drops in hotel-area crime after licensing program; council agrees to make review schedule less prescriptive
City staff and police reported call-for-service and criminal-activity declines in the I‑70/Kipling hotel corridor after the 2021 hotel licensing ordinance; council reached consensus to ask staff to change the ordinance's mandatory 18‑month reporting requirement to an "as-needed" update.
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Wheat Ridge city staff and police told City Council Monday that criminal calls and other police activity around hotels near I‑70 and Kipling have fallen substantially since the city adopted a hotel licensing ordinance in 2021, and council agreed by consensus to ask staff to return with nonmandatory language for the ordinance’s reporting requirement.
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