Denver Police Department
Denver Civil Service Commission picks a new leader after firing executive director in May
The city agency tasked with vetting people applying to be Denver police officers and firefighters has named a new executive director after the agency’s appointed board fired the previous director in May for undisclosed reasons.
The Denver Civil Service Commission will welcome Gracie Perez on Aug. 26, according to an internal announcement sent to the commission’s staff and other stakeholders earlier this month. That emailed announcement was shared with The Denver Post on Thursday.
Perez’s background includes serving as the director of state and regional operations for Texas Health and Human Services’ Access and Eligibility Services division, according to that email. In that role, she oversaw 6,000 employees and managed systems that processed eligibility for programs ranging from Medicaid to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps.
Police are investigating a homicide in Denver after a man was stabbed to death overnight Saturday.
The stabbing happened at the intersection of 15th Street and Glenarm Place, located in Denver’s Central Business District, according to a midnight statement on social media from the Denver Police Department.
The stabbing victim — a man who police have not identified — was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries, police said. The victim will be identified by the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner at a later date.
Denver police are investigating a double homicide in the Central Park neighborhood where a woman and a girl died of blunt-force injuries.
Police first announced the incident at 8 a.m. Monday and said they were conducting a death investigation — a broad investigation into a death that could be criminal or accidental. An hour later, they announced the incident in the 3200 block of Syracuse Street was now considered a double homicide after finding a second victim, who was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.
Police spokesman Sean Towle said police continue to investigate potential weapons and motivations connected to the incident.
The pedestrian, a woman who has not been publicly identified, was struck and killed around Speer Boulevard and Colfax Avenue, according to Denver police.
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