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ON THE DECLINE? Community service groups, like Kiwanis, push for younger recruits amid membership challenges P10

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January 30, 2020

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

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FINDING STRENGTH

Englewood police lay out red flag policy

Local woman overcomes horrific accident P2

Chad Read is the department’s extreme risk protection coordinator BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The red flag law, which went into effect across Colorado on Jan. 1, allows family members to request that a judge issue an extreme risk protection order — a temporary order that removes guns from a resident whom a family member believes is a danger to themselves or to society. Others who are allowed to request an extreme risk protection order include police officers and household members. Chad Read, a sergeant and spokesman for the Englewood Police Department, is serving as the department’s SEE FLAG, P9

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“From a philosophical perspective, I now don’t think the state should have power over life and death.” State Sen. Jack Tate, R-Centennial | Page 3 INSIDE

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