Time's Up Todd! You Let Killer Cops on the Loose

The Denver-Aurora Community Action Committee's current goal on our way to getting community control of the police is getting Todd Chamberlain out of his position as police chief. He has shown time and again that he will protect his killer cop friends over the community.

His selection was an anti-democratic betrayal to Aurorans, decided behind closed doors without the consent of the people he is supposed to serve. His record since taking office is not one of reform, but of perpetuating the very patterns that placed APD under a consent decree.

Why does Todd need to be removed as Police Cheif?

Some of the more horrific things he has done as Police Chief in Aurora include:

Lying to cover up the racist police murder of Kory Dillard by Officer Kevin Rhodier and Officer Ryan Shamblin
Lying to cover up the racist police murder of Rashaud Johnson by Officer Brandon Mills
Lying to cover up the racist police murder of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield by Officer Matthew Neely
Lying and spreading dangerous, transphobic messaging to cover up the police murder of 17-year-old Avi Balle-Mason
Actively attempting to recruit APD officers at Trump rallies full of racists and insurrectionists.

Even before becoming the Police Chief of Aurora, Todd had a controversial career. He

worked for the Los Angeles Police Department from 1984 to 2018. He was a commanding officer during the Rodney King beatings and subsequent riots in 1991 and 1992
was transferred from the LAPD for extensive racial and sexual harassment in the station's Community Relations Office
was sued and lost a discrimination case for allowing officers to racially harass a black officer costing the city $1.2 million.
stated at a public community relations meeting that he “did not want officers hiding out at the 7-Eleven drinking watermelon slurpies”
has ties to the MAGA world and supports Trump.
let his officers harass a homeless woman, arresting her 87 times.

More information on Todd's Scandals

$1.2 million settlement (2013) for Racial Discrimination:

Harassment of homeless lady (AKA “Operation: Bad Moody”)

Reassignment due to harassment and sexual harassment in his precinct:

“Watermelon slurpies"

https://foxchattanooga.com/news/local/local-group-calls-for-more-community-control-in-chattanooga-police-chief-selection

MAGA Ties

https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/editorial-aurora-police-chief-undermines-trust-by-conflating-trump-devotion-with-being-a-republican/

https://www.westword.com/news/aurora-police-chief-faces-questions-racial-bias-trump-rally-22374339/

National Applications - Todd applied and was rejected by many places before he even thought about Aurora. He just wants to be in a position of power, he does not care about Aurora

Cincinnati: https://www.scribd.com/document/611196198/Todd-Chamberlain
- Craig Lally Reference:
- Mark Lowree (Loweree) and Carol Loweree
Chattanooga, TN: 2014 and 2017
- https://www.scribd.com/document/352466168/Police-Chief-Applications-1
Cincinatti, OH
Little Rock, AR

What You Can Do To Help

Sign up to speak at city council.

Aurora City Council meetings are generally conducted on two Mondays every month. (Check out our calendar on our home page for which Mondays) These meetings begin at 6PM and are held in the Paul Tauer Aurora City Council Chamber at the Aurora Municipal Center (15151 E. Alameda Parkway Aurora, CO 80012. )

The forms are open at 8AM on the Friday before the council meeting and close at 1PM on the day of the meeting. Click Public Invited to be Heard Sign-up Form (Comment on Non-Agenda Matters of City Concern) at this link to sign up. You can also sign up to speak in person day of before 6pm.

You have 3 minutes to speak

Don't know what to say? That's ok. Here are some points to touch on:

- - - Your own experience
      - If you have had a bad experience with cops in the city, share your story and experience.
    - APD's History with racism and violence
      - Aurora has a long and corrupt history
        The Aurora Police force is under a consent decree from the federal government after Elijah McClain was killed. The judge found practices and patterns of racism and excessive use of force in APD.
        You can read about some stories here. These are just a few stories, feel free to share others you might know more about.
    - Talk about why Todd Chamberlain is unfit to be Aurora's Police Chief
      - You can use the points mentioned above. Pick the points that mean the most to you.
    - End with demands
      - 1) Demand Todd Chamberlain resign immediately, and if he does not the city council must remove him from his position
      - 2) We demand that the process for selecting the next police chief be open, democratic, and controlled by civilians.
      - 3) We demand a Civilian Police Accountability Council - a CPAC. (Sign our CPAC petition here) This must be a democratically elected body of civilians, with no ties to law enforcement, granted authority over APD policy, discipline, budgets, hiring, and firing. True oversight must be independent and powerful.

Our Demands

Todd is not a solution; he is the embodiment of the problem. He has proven he cannot be trusted with the safety of our community or the truth.

Therefore, our demands are clear and non-negotiable:

FIRST: We demand that Todd Chamberlain resign immediately. His moral authority is gone. If he refuses, The city council must use its power to remove him.

SECOND: We demand that the process for selecting the next police chief be fully open, democratic, and firmly controlled by civilians. No more backroom deals. The people of Aurora must have a direct say in who is entrusted with power and a gun.

And THIRD: a fundamental demand for lasting change: We demand that this council work with community organizations like DACAC to create a Civilian Police Accountability Council - a CPAC. (Sign our CPAC petition here) This must be a democratically elected body of civilians, with no ties to law enforcement, granted the ultimate authority over APD policy, discipline, budgets, and hiring. True oversight must be independent and powerful.

The new city council ran on explicit platforms of police reform and transparency. We demand they begin that work by correcting a grave injustice enacted by their predecessors: the appointment of Police Chief Todd Chamberlain.

Aurora has a choice. We can remain a national symbol of police brutality, or we can become national leaders in community-led justice. The consent decree is a mandate for change, not a checkbox for the status quo.