As the Aurora Police Department’s consent decree under the Colorado Attorney General’s Office enters its final scheduled year, the department has made significant progress but will likely not be fully compliant by the decree’s end.
The consent decree, which the city entered into to implement sweeping changes to 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.
The latest report, covering Aug. 16, 2025 through Feb. 15, was the tenth of 12 total reports the monitor is expected to produce and marks four of five scheduled years for the monitorship…