{"id":533182,"date":"2021-05-21T10:52:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T14:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533182"},"modified":"2021-05-21T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T14:52:10","slug":"16-year-police-vet-leaving-co-for-palm-trees-and-less-communism-after-state-crackdown-on-policing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/16-year-police-vet-leaving-co-for-palm-trees-and-less-communism-after-state-crackdown-on-policing\/","title":{"rendered":"16-Year Police Vet Leaving CO For \u2018Palm Trees And Less Communism\u2019 After State Crackdown On Policing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F16-year-police-vet-leaving-co-for-palm-trees-and-less-communism-after-state-crackdown-on-policing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533182&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-99275932.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A police officer in Aurora, Colorado, announced his departure from the force in a department-wide email ripping the state and media over the \u201cwar on police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Bertelson, who has served as an Aurora police officer for 16 years, announced his retirement earlier this month. He is expected to officially leave the Aurora Police Department on June 1, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/denver.cbslocal.com\/2021\/05\/20\/daniel-bertelson-aurora-police-officer-retirement-email-law-enforcement-communism\/\">CBS Denver<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am leaving Colorado for palm trees and less communism,\u201d Bertelson wrote in the email sent to all of his colleagues. \u201cTry to ignore the politicians and media. They know nothing of this profession or honor; they\u2019re self-serving con artists, well-dressed pimps and prostitutes at best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the war against police rages on in an environment where you can literally do no right, I pray for the safety, success and happiness of each of you,\u201d he added. \u201cNever forget, you are all capable of incredible things in and out of law enforcement, never lose faith in yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crime in Aurora spiked last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to roll back police protections. Citizens in Aurora have pleaded with city officials to act to curb the violence that has stricken the city. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/crime-exploding-in-aurora-co-as-police-choose-to-walk-away-from-potentially-violent-criminals\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported in October:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"26.879598662207\">\n<p><em>Major violent crimes in Aurora have surged 24.4% in the first nine months of 2020 compared to the same span of time last year, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/denver.cbslocal.com\/2020\/10\/16\/aurora-seeing-spike-violent-crime\/\">CBS4<\/a>. That statistic may obscure the impact of violent crime on the community as crime plummeted after a government-mandated lockdown went into place over the coronavirus pandemic, a local police union said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCrime across the board is going up. We\u2019re having a lot of problems,\u201d Aurora City Councilman Dave Gruber said. \u201cAurora is open to [criminals]. \u2026 Aurora is a low-risk area and that\u2019s a message we need to fix and we need to stop that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From the first nine months of 2019 to the first nine months of 2020, murders are up 72%, armed assaults are up 34.3%, and robberies were up 31%, according to an analysis of crime statistics by CBS4. At the same time, physical arrests, or arrests made without a warrant, have plummeted 44.6% since 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an effort to create more police accountability, state lawmakers have rolled back protections for police while barring them from using certain techniques such as choke holds. In legislation signed into law last year, Colorado gave city officials the option of removing a police officer\u2019s qualified immunity protections if city officials believe the officer acted in bad faith or knowingly violated the law or procedure during an interaction.<\/p>\n<p>Other communities in Colorado have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/colorado-police-dramatically-cut-enforcement-actions-amid-pandemic-new-accountability-law\">noticed<\/a> increased turnover in their forces, as well, as frustrated officers leave the force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been one of the most challenging years in my career,\u201d Arvada Police Detective Dave Snelling, a 30-year veteran of the police force, said last year. \u201c[COVID-19 and national movements] just added a lot of stress to an already stressful job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor our police department we had more of a turnover,\u201d Snelling added. \u201cThere are other agencies where officers have left the profession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/evil-is-real-north-carolina-police-officer-pens-heartfelt-resignation-letter-to-community-amid-unprecedented-exodus-from-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Evil Is Real\u2019: North Carolina Police Officer Pens Heartfelt Resignation Letter To Community Amid \u2018Unprecedented\u2019 Exodus From Force<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A police officer in Aurora, Colorado, announced his departure from the force in a department-wide email ripping the state and media over the \u201cwar on police.\u201dDaniel Bertelson, who has served &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312577,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-99275932.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"16-Year Police Vet Leaving CO For \u2018Palm Trees And Less Communism\u2019 After State Crackdown On Policing","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-533182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-99275932.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"16-Year Police Vet Leaving CO For \u2018Palm Trees And Less Communism\u2019 After State Crackdown On Policing","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}