Aurora lawmakers will discuss the creation of a police oversight office in Monday night’s City Council study session as the police department’s consent decree with the attorney general’s office nears its end.
Aurora’s Community Advisory Council will brief the council Monday on the consent decree’s progress and future, then councilmembers will make an initial decision on establishing the office of police accountability, which has been in the works since the consent decree started.
The consent decree, which the city entered into to implement sweeping changes to Aurora Police Department policing, notably in the use of force and how officers engage with residents, was envisioned to last about five years, according to Independent Monitor Jeff Schlanger…