Consultant Finds Thousands Of Aurora Police Reports Backlogged, Not Entered Into System

By Brian Maass, CBS Denver:

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – More than 2,500 Aurora Police Department reports dating back to 2021 and covering crimes such as murder, carjacking and child abuse have not been reviewed and entered into the police department’s records system allowing suspects to go free and re-offend, according to a public safety records consultant hired by the city. CBS4 obtained a copy of the report Tuesday.

Ed Claughton, with PRI Management Group, conducted the study and wrote the backlogged police records situation is “alarming,” creates a “significant liability” for Aurora and is “an issue of significant concern.”

One Aurora official who had reviewed the report called it “devastating,” but they asked their name not be used since they were not authorized to discuss the new report.

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