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City Attorney asks supporters of impound initiative to stop mailing postcards because City Hall believes it implies Council members support the ballot measure. Author of the measure disputes that idea.

Grant money will fund five-year pilot program linking salaries to year-to-year improvements in student performance and other measures. Top teachers could earn more than $100,000 a year.

Student told the school resource officer he saw man with what appeared to be a handgun. Police searched the campus for hours without turning up anything suspicious by mid-afternoon although the search was continuing.

City’s ban covers parks and other city-owned property. More strict county restrictions cover all unincorporated areas including National Forest and other federal lands.

Detectives hope DNA evidence linking two brutal attacks and four deaths will help break open cases in Lakewood and Aurora that have gone unsolved for 26 years. Police now suspect that construction activity near both crime scenes could be a factor.

Viet Nam vet who keeps a helpful eye on O’Kane Park gets a new scooter so he can resume his rounds at the park after Lakewood Police and merchants pitch in to help.

Van Thien Pham, who already was on probation for selling liquor to a teen involved in a fatal car accident when he was snared in a police sting at a Lakewood liquor store, faces 42 months behind bars.

Everything from crime prevention to health concerns were addressed at Saturday’s Safety Fair. An expected 1,000 people picked up information on avoiding Internet crime and identity theft, as well as other family issues.

New, more animal- and community-friendly animal shelter celebrates move with a party for its friends, patrons and critters. The shelter doubled its number of intakes in its first weeks at the new site.

Girl’s father faces charges after his loaded, small-caliber handgun was found by a teacher in his daughter’s backpack in a classroom at Mulholm Elementary School Wednesday afternoon.

Grand opening events celebrate move into more animal- and community-friendly facility, one that promotes the physical and mental well-being of the critters lodged there.

Safety tips and information on all aspects of family safety and security as well as fun for the kids will be served up at the Jeffco Fairgrounds Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Voters will determine whether Lakewood police should be required to seize vehicles operated by unlicensed drivers. Opponents of the initiative say it will handcuff police and increase the cost of public safety operations.

SUBMITTED BY: Daniel Hayes
Following a year of court challenges and appeals by illegal alien advocates like Common Cause and the ACLU, the car towing and bonding ordinance will come before Lakewood voters this November.
This important issue is about taking unlicensed drivers off Lakewood streets. Suspended drivers and illegal aliens are driving in record numbers and [...]

West Metro’s annual free family event draws thousands to fun, games, give-aways and the public safety messages that could save lives in the event of an emergency.

New, state-of-the-art animal center offers a better temporary home for nearly 10,000 animals a year. The facility was built to foster the animals’ physical -and mental – well-being.

Two fun and free events await families as the summer draws to as close. The Jeffco DA’s Safety Fair and the West Metro Fire/Rescue District’s Family Fire Muster are on consecutive weekends later this month.

If City Council decides to send measure to voters in November, it must act quickly to meet the early September ballot deadline. Plan would require vehicles of unlicensed drivers to be seized.