3 Denver sheriff’s deputies reassigned amid release probe
Sheriff Patrick Firman has said Denver made a mistake by releasing Ivan Zamarripa-Castaneda of Mexico Saturday before notifying ICE.
Three Denver sheriff’s deputies have been reassigned as officials investigate why immigration authorities weren’t notified of the release of a jail inmate until an hour after he was already gone.
KMGH-TV reported that Public Safety Director Troy Riggs confirmed the reassignments Wednesday.
A spokeswoman for the sheriff’s department, Daria Serna, says it’s not uncommon to reassign deputies during internal reviews.
Sheriff Patrick Firman has said Denver made a mistake by releasing Ivan Zamarripa-Castaneda of Mexico Saturday before notifying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Denver won’t hold inmates who have posted bond until immigration agents can pick them up unless they have a warrant. However, the sheriff’s department says its policy is to notify ICE once an inmate it’s interested in starts the release process.

These five people will help select Denver’s next police and sheriff watchdog

Denver will open three more city-sponsored vaccination sites next week

Wheelchair Sports Camp MC Kalyn Heffernan wrote the song of the pandemic four years ago

Denver is trying to produce ‘handshakes’ between people, cars and traffic signals

DIA wants $40 million in upgrades to its elevators, escalators and those things that help you move faster through terminals

It’s prime rib night at the local municipal golf course

Denver Public Library will reopen nine branches on March 9

You’ll have another 450 acres of prime Colorado real estate to frolic on when Denver adds its newest mountain park

One block in Denver’s COVID economy: The largely Latinx Westwood got help late in the pandemic, but businesses are holding strong

How Denver’s city elections might change

How can Denver recognize its once-thriving Chinatown?

Things to do in Denver this weekend, Feb. 26-28

Denver’s music venues, libraries, rec centers: Here’s what we know about what’s opening when

The Broadway bike ‘superhighway’ might be done sometime in 2023?

The city is considering funding an apartment complex that would offer services to unhoused people who have brain injuries

A pretty big tree comes down in Cherry Creek

Aurora police chief said trust between cops and residents is broken but declined to comment on punishment for officers involved in Elijah McClain’s death

How the CRUSH investigation came together, and why we reported it

Police will continue to patrol homeless sweeps, but Mayor Hancock wants civilians to play a larger role
