Aurora police department needs a reset

Re: ““It was done wrong” Aug. 5 news story

I am so tired of Aurora being in the national news — in a bad way.

Why have there been multiple incidents of police misconduct with no one facing consequences? How can anyone defend police pulling over an SUV with Colorado plates (and a family inside), when it was a motorcycle with Montana plates that was being sought? How can anyone defend police terrorizing innocent children and their mother/ aunt and refusing to check her registration?

This would not have happened to a white family. This is racist behavior, and it has to stop!

Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman has not stepped up to the challenge. The police chief keeps apologizing but not holding police accountable. And how powerful is the police union? Is that what is hanging up the works? Does the state of Colorado have to step in on every incident in order to get action?

It’s time for Aurora and other police departments to reorganize. Learn from Camden, N.J., where several years back, they created new rules for the department, made everyone reapply for jobs, and retrained them.

Is it perfect? No. Is it better? Yes. From what I’ve read, relations between the police and community are much improved.

If the police union is the problem, then the government of Aurora needs to shut them out and start over. Their time of defending bad cops has to end now. They need to go back to their code to protect the citizens. Not cover each others’ behinds.

Sondra Singer,