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Aurora residents urge council to remove police chief, push for civilian oversight
Summary
Multiple residents at an Aurora public comment session demanded immediate action on police accountability, including calls for Police Chief Todd Chamberlain to resign or be removed and for a democratically elected civilian oversight body; several speakers recounted family members killed by officers and cited APD policy and state law failures.
At a public comment listening session, multiple Aurora residents urged the City Council to take immediate action on police accountability, including demands that Police Chief Todd Chamberlain resign and that the city create a democratically elected civilian oversight council.
Cassandra Hill, a resident and public commenter, said the Aurora Police Department was "found guilty of patterns and practices of racism and excessive violence in 2020, and has been under a consent decree ever since." She alleged a list of cover-ups and accused Chief Todd Chamberlain of actions she described as unacceptable, saying, "The people of…
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