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Residents, disability advocates urge expanded use of 'blue envelope' program after local death
Summary
Advocates and residents urged Broomfield officials to expand the blue envelope program and improve police training after the death of Maurice Selden; the Association for Community Living offered training and consultation to the police department and city.
Multiple public commenters urged the council and police department to expand programs and training following the death of Maurice Selden in the Broomfield Heights neighborhood.
Ailsa Wanakotte, director of the Association for Community Living (ACL), said the community is "mourning the loss of Maurice Selden" and called for system changes: "System failure does have solutions once we understand the causes," she said. The ACL offered training and consultation to improve law‑enforcement interactions with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and noted a "blue envelope" program — used for drivers and passengers to communicate disability needs — is not widely known and could be expanded.
Rebecca Tolliver urged council to expand the blue envelope program beyond drivers and passengers to include residents' in‑home use: "I would like to call on the City Council to work more proactively...to expand the use of the blue folder program to include residents of every disabled individual with a disability in the city and county," she said. Other speakers urged sustained outreach and formal collaboration with ACL to rebuild trust and prevent future tragedies.
