Submitted by the city of Littleton
A Littleton City Council subcommittee has announced the names of the three finalists who will interview for the vacant Littleton presiding judge position: James Anderson, Julie Anderson and T.J. Cole.
City Council is scheduled to interview the finalists in an executive session Aug. 30 and make an appointment Sept. 7. The swearing in is scheduled for Sept. 21.
A public reception for the candidates and their families is scheduled for Aug. 27 at the Littleton Center Community Room, 2255 W. Berry Ave., 4:30-6:30 p.m. Read the full article →
Police Chief Donnie Perry
Greenwood Village Police Chief Donnie Perry announced he will be stepping down Sept. 3.
Perry said he was retiring because the time is right and that he wants to spend more time with his family, a source told The Villager Aug. 24.
Perry was appointed chief in 2006 after serving as interim chief about a year. He started in law enforcement with Arvada in 1986, joining the GVPD two years later.
Perry said on the city website that he considered himself as a coach and mentor.
By Gary Massaro
MetCom Supervisor Neal Hoppe is one of the employees in the South Metro Fire Rescue Authority, West Douglas dispatch center to help the organization receive international accreditation. Photo by Andy Lyon, South Metro.
MetCom dispatchers can talk people through life-saving procedures for some emergency calls by following a script.
They have been so diligent on working on the technique that they have earned a selected accreditation for life-saving medical priority dispatch standards.
“With scripted telephone instructions for emergencies like heart attacks, choking, bleeding and childbirth, the medical priority dispatch system has been credited with helping to save thousands of lives,” according to Andy Lyon, South Metro Fire Rescue Authority spokesman. Read the full article →
