Aurora Interim Police Chief Art Acevedo is pleading with lawmakers and the court system to take juvenile crime seriously after a series of violent crimes involving teenagers in the city
AURORA, Colo. — Walking up to the microphone, Aurora Interim Police Chief Art Acevedo appeared wearied as he prepared to brief the media on yet another outbreak of violence at the hands of young people in the city.
"The fact that we’re chasing these young people, we’re arresting these young people, and they go in one door and out the other, this is what happens. People get hurt and get killed," he said. [Police are] doing our jobs, but it’s time for the courts and the legislature to get serious about juvenile violence."
Programs to curb youth violence in Aurora have been a topic of discussion for city leaders and the former Miami police chief in the past year.
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