The 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office determined the actions of multiple Broomfield SWAT officers who shot and injured a man during a hostage standoff were justified as reasonable use of force.
District Attorney Brian Mason wrote a decision letter to the chiefs of the Broomfield and Lafayette police departments and to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, stating that no criminal charges are warranted against the 10 officers involved with the hostage shootout on Sept. 12, 2024.
The decision comes after an investigation by the district attorney’s office’s Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT)…