Posted on: September 20, 2023
Brighton Police Department is investigating a hit and run crash where a 35-year-old female was seriously injured while riding her bicycle on East Bridge Street near 27th Avenue. Officers were dispatched to the area on Sept. 18 just after 1:30 a.m. for a m...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: September 6, 2023
Brighton Police Department has launched an online reporting system along with a newly updated website at www.brightonco.gov/police.The online reporting system allows community members to submit a report directly to the police department from their smartph...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: August 31, 2023
Brighton Police Department is investigating an incident that occurred on Aug. 30 where an officer was injured while attempting to contact an individual wanted for burglary. The officer’s injuries are minor and the suspect is in custody.
At 5:17 p...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: August 17, 2023
Brighton Police Department is investigating an incident that occurred on Aug. 16 in the 400 block of North 19th Avenue, where an officer was seriously injured while attempting to contact an individual who had a domestic violence felony warrant for his arr...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: August 15, 2023
17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason, the North Metro Task Force, and the Drug Enforcement Administration are announcing the results of Operation Full Circle, a large-scale cocaine trafficking investigation in Adams County, that led to the indictme...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: June 30, 2023
Brighton Police Department is investigating a fatal auto-pedestrian crash that occurred on June 30 just after 2:30 a.m. The initial investigation reveals that an individual driving a Jeep Cherokee struck a pedestrian on eastbound I-76 near the E-470 ramp....
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: May 15, 2023
Brighton Police Department is investigating a fatal crash that occurred on May 13 at approximately 4:45 a.m. The initial investigation reveals that an individual driving a BMW sedan was traveling southbound on Highway 85 passing East 144th Avenue at exces...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: May 8, 2023
UPDATE June 27, 2023:
34-year-old Leo Benavidez and 33-year-old Ashley Cooper have been identified as the suspects in the bank robbery that occurred on May 8 in Brighton, and have now been charged by federal complaint in connection with a series of bank ro...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: April 17, 2023
The Brighton Police Department Traffic Safety Unit (TSU) is investigating a fatal crash that occurred on April 16 at approximately 9:30 p.m. The initial investigation reveals that a motorcyclist was traveling eastbound on County Road 2 approaching County ...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: March 29, 2023
Brighton Police Department has arrested a juvenile female in connection to a homicide that occurred in the 400 block of North 6th Avenue.
On Tuesday, March 28 just after midnight, officers were dispatched to check the well-being of a man who had not been h...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: March 17, 2023
Brighton Police Department took a total of six juveniles into custody on Wednesday, March 15 in connection to the shooting near 9th Avenue and Bush Street. Those six juveniles were released after questioning. On March 16 around 5 p.m. officers arrested tw...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: March 15, 2023
Brighton Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on Wednesday, March 15 near 9th Avenue and Bush Street. At 12:30 p.m. officers were dispatched to the area on reports of a disturbance and shots fired. All involved parties fled prior to...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: March 8, 2023
Brighton City Council voted 7-1 March 7 to reduce the City’s residential speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph unless otherwise posted. Residential areas with speed limits lower than 25 mph will not be changed. The decision is part of Brighton's Vision Zero A...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: March 3, 2023
The Commerce City and Brighton Police Sexual Assault Task Force (SATF) located Jason Mickel Brigham on March 2 around 4 p.m. in Denver. After learning the make and model of the vehicle he was in, SATF shared the information with Denver Police Department a...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: February 27, 2023
The Commerce City and Brighton Police Sexual Assault Task Force is seeking help from the community to locate the male pictured, 47-year-old Jason Mickel Brigham. Jason has a nationwide extradition warrant with a $1 million cash bond for failure to appear ...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: February 22, 2023
The Brighton Police Department is investigating a threatening call referencing Brighton High School that was received by our dispatch center at 8:40 a.m. on Feb. 22. We are relieved to report that this threat was quickly found to have no credibility.
The r...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: January 30, 2023
Over the last several days I have had the chance to reflect on the actions of the five former Memphis police officers that were involved in the death of Tyre Nichols. I am horrified by what occurred earlier this month, and the failure of anyone at the sce...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: January 3, 2023
The Brighton and Commerce City Police Department’s Victim Services Unit is now serving the residents of Fort Lupton and Lochbuie. The unit has a brand new name, the Brighton Office for Victim Assistance, otherwise known as BOVA.
The Vict...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: December 29, 2022
The Brighton Police Department's initial investigation has determined that the shooting on Dec. 23, 2022 was a homicide-suicide involving domestic violence. This was an isolated incident, and the firearm was recovered from the scene. There are no ongoing ...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: December 20, 2022
The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and the Brighton Police Department have filed charges against 29-year-old Cedric John Solano of Pueblo, Colorado, for the robbery of First National Bank in Brighton.
The robbery occurred on N...
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Police Press Releases
Posted on: December 1, 2022
This afternoon Prairie View High School administration was alerted to a possible threat to the school stemming from an altercation involving students that started off campus. When the involved students returned to school, they were met by police and campu...
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Police Press Releases