Should noncitizens be able to serve as Denver police officers and firefighters? Some Denver City Council members want to change the city’s charter to make it possible.
Right now, Denver’s city charter requires anyone applying to become a police officer or firefighter to be a U.S. citizen. Denver City Council President Jamie Torres says that limits the pool of applicants.
Torres and Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval are developing a proposal that, if approved by voters, would change the city charter, allowing applicants without U.S. citizenship to serve as police officers and firefighters. Torres said this would include Dreamers or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, who were brought to the U.S. as children.
Full story: Proposal would let noncitizens serve as police officers, firefighters in Denver