Chief Paul Pazen: ‘We all want the same thing – high-quality, well-educated, well-trained officers with big hearts’

11th February 2022Christine Townsend, Policing Insight

With increasing demand, limited resources and higher levels of public scrutiny, Denver Police Department (DPD) is facing challenges common to law enforcement agencies around the world; Chief Paul Pazen, the city native now leading DPD, believes the answers include strong community understanding, opportunities for police lifelong learning, and alternatives to traditional police responses, as he explained to Policing Insight’s Christine Townsend.