He also said the city was “well underway in terms of reforms” outlined in the decree by the time IntegrAssure was hired. Former Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson at a rally supporting her after her ouster as chief last week. “We will work, and we will do our work, irrespective of who may sit in which seat in city government,” Schlanger said. City Manager Jim Twombly maintains Wilson was let go because of other, undetailed management concerns.Īcting Chief Chris Juul was present in-person for the Tuesday town hall. Wilson said she was ousted because of her staunch demands for police reform against pushback from some city council members and police union officials. “While we know that there are changes coming to the leadership of the police department, we fully expect, and in fact have been assured, that that degree of cooperation will continue,” Schlanger said, alluding to the recent firing of Police Chief Vanessa Wilson. Schlanger said the firm has seen “exemplary cooperation” from Aurora Police Department and Aurora Fire Rescue since it was selected in February to oversee the city’s compliance with reforms described in the consent decree negotiated between Aurora and the state attorney general’s office. “We will always call things as we see them.” “We will hold the city’s feet to the fire, but at the same time, we will be providing and lending our expertise,” IntegrAssure president Jeff Schlanger vowed. POSTON/Sentinel ColoradoĪURORA | The firm chosen to monitor Aurora’s implementation of public safety reforms again stressed its independence at a town hall Tuesday night, with its president promising listeners it would “hold the city’s feet to the fire.” ![]() ![]() Aurora City Manager Jim Twombly at an Appress conference announcing the firing of Police Chief Vanessa Wilson.
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