Colorado Rep. Leslie Herod Makes Passionate Plea For Inclusive Sex Ed
"Colorado Rep. Leslie Herod made a passionate plea for schools to be more inclusive in the sex education classes." "As a Black, lesbian Christian, we should be able to go to school and be taught," Herod said. "If we are taught sex ed in a comprehensive way, we cannot ostracize people for their religious beliefs, nor should we for their sexual orientation or gender expression." "Herod made her emotional plea on the floor of the Colorado state legislature. The Colorado House la
Colorado House endorses disclosure of police internal affairs records
"Following an hour-long floor debate Monday, the Colorado House gave preliminary approval to legislation that would open records on completed police internal affairs investigations." “Hiding the files is not the answer,” said Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, talking about the problem of “bad” law enforcement officers. “Families, communities deserve to see this information, deserve to have this information when requested and when appropriate.” "Stressing that the current statutory
Colorado House approves changes to sex-education curriculum
"If we are not teaching our kids to be inclusive of people who are different than they are, we are perpetuating that. It’s not teaching our children to be gay. It’s just teaching them that not everyone is the same, and that’s OK.” “We cannot ostracize people for their religious beliefs, nor should we for their sexual orientation or gender expression,” added Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver." “This is not a conversation about religion versus LGBT people,” said Herod, who is a lesbi
Colo. House OKs controversial bill on sex education
"This bill is not about religion, it's not about putting Christians against the LGBT community," said Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver. "As a black lesbian Christian, we should be able to go to school and be taught ... sex ed in a comprehensive way. We cannot ostracize people for their religious beliefs, nor should we for their sexual orientation or gender expression. By putting religion against the LGTB community, we are misinterpreting the word. This is not OK." "The bill cleare
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Police internal files could become public under bill approved by Colorado House committee
"In 2017, the department received 197 external or citizen complaints and 103 internal or directed complaints, Black said." "Many internal investigations are deemed unfounded, said Rep. Shane Sandridge, R-Colorado Springs, a former police officer and member of the House committee." “It’s always easier to blame the police officer,” Sandridge said. “He planted it. He hit me… He broke my arm. He beat me.” "But the committee's Vice Chair, Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, said civilian
Bill would place more judges in stressed judicial districts
"The 10 districts named in the funding request were among 13 in the state staffed below 80 percent and needing at least one additional judge to handle caseloads, the document says." "The longer cases take to move through the system, Ryan said, the greater level of strain on the public, such as victims of crimes who can be re-traumatized by drawn-out proceedings or, similarly, child victims of neglect, who may go without timely resolutions to their cases." “If the appropriate
Colorado’s prison budget nears $1 billion as inmate population grows. Frustrated leaders wanted acti
"In the current budget, the state counts 14,505 beds at state corrections facilities; 3,371 at private prisons; and 669 jail beds. The benchmark vacancy rate is 2 percent, but it sat at less than 1 percent, or 93 beds, at the end of 2018. A recent governor’s office report found that as many as 37 people go to prison each month, but it fluctuated as high as 131 new offenders at one point." "But instead of opening a new prison to house the additional inmates, state lawmakers wa
