9NEWS

New RTD detective bureau to tackle transit crime

DENVER — The Regional Transportation District (RTD) is launching its own detective bureau. RTD announced Tuesday its RTD Transit Police Department (RTD-PD) will have an internal detective bureau for ...
9NEWS

RTD fired high-paid police chief but refused to tell the public

DENVER — The Regional Transportation District fired its chief of police, according to state records, a fact the government agency had refused to share with the public. Colorado’s Peace Officer ...
Colorado Public Radio

RTD’s growing police department just lost another leader

One of the acting co-chiefs leading the Regional Transportation District’s police department will soon resign from the agency. Horn, however, had close ties to Fitzgerald, and he was promoted over the ...
Colorado Public Radio

Voters will likely be asked to permanently spare RTD from TABOR limits

The Regional Transportation District will likely add a question to the November 2024 ballot asking voters to permanently allow it to keep revenue that would otherwise be refunded to taxpayers under ...
FOX31 Denver

RTD cracking down on train riders without tickets, says crime is down 35%

DENVER (KDVR) — The Regional Transportation District is cracking down on riders who jump on trains without purchasing a ticket. RTD told FOX31 that fare checks conducted by security officers have ...
The Denver Post

RTD cancels purchase of 17 electric buses it doesn’t have space to maintain — and orders fleet transition strategy

Metro Denver’s transit agency pulled the trigger in late 2021 on what its leaders hoped would be the first of many moves to replace the more than 1,000 diesel buses on its regular routes with ...