Colorado

With great sadness, South Metro Fire Rescue announces the Line of Duty Death of Firefighter/Paramedic Anthony Palato.

A civil rights investigation that was launched amid outrage over the death of Elijah McClain found a deeply engrained culture of racially biased policing within the department.

The team pairs a licensed mental health clinician with a paramedic to provide trauma-informed crisis intervention and de-escalation services.

The case could carry implications for the entire emergency medical profession.

Three suburban Denver police officers and two paramedics were indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the death of Elijah McClain.

Unlike police and fire, EMS is not considered an essential service by Colorado, which is the norm in this country.

The death of Aurora's Elijah McClain spurred national calls for restrictions on first responders' use of chemical restraints. His death also led to a new Colorado state law.

Employees want the hospital to use a portion of pandemic relief money to give workers hazard pay.

A gunman is believed to have shot and killed an officer and another person in a shopping district in a Denver suburb Monday before being fatally shot by police, authorities said.

Lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that would place restrictions on the use of ketamine by paramedics outside of hospitals.