“Whoever is hired, the next Aurora chief of police must address crime and lead the department to be a racially equitable, bias-free and culturally competent agency that is responsive to the residents.”
Aurora hasn’t hired its next police chief yet, but the position already is mired in controversy.
“Bless the hearts of these recruiters who probably did their best, but they don’t have the experience of what the citizens of Aurora have experienced,” said Topazz McBride, a pastor at Restoration Christian Fellowship who hosted a forum for the two finalists. Twombly said he will follow up with community leaders and others who interviewed the finalists and will have more information to share after a City Council meeting on Monday to discuss the recruitment process.
Wilson worked to restore community trust, particularly among communities of color, and implement police reforms, but Twombly cited a failure to manage operations within the department and build morale among officers as the reason for her dismissal. As one of the top officials in the agency, Ebner is named as a defendant in three lawsuits alleging unfair and discriminatory promotional practices at the New Jersey State Police. Two of the lawsuits were filed in 2021 and remain ongoing. A judge dismissed one 2017 lawsuit, New Jersey court records show.
The other finalist, David Franklin, is the chief of staff for the Albuquerque Police Department, where he oversees special projects, building and planning, fiscal, human resources, staffing and relationships with the City Council. Vanessa Wilson hugs her partner Robin Niceta after a press conference regarding her termination as Chief of the Aurora Police Department on April 11, 2022 in Aurora, Colorado. Twombly will make the decision on which candidate to hire, but he needs the support of a majority of the council to confirm his decision.
Jurinsky said council members met with the firm and management at the beginning but were then left in the dark until the finalists were announced. “I only want to restart the process if we felt like one of these two candidates couldn’t do the job,” Gardner said, but he wouldn’t support it if it’s because of how the process played out.
“The city should stop the rush,” said Lindsey Minter, a member of the now-disbanded Community Police Task Force.
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