Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman says officers face a culture change come January as they implement a new method of sharing information throughout the department.
The new year will kick off the creation of a Critical Incident Intel Center, which will consist of a full-time data analyst and two sworn police officers to gather and deploy information.
The department is split between units, from special operation groups for narcotics and gangs to a community-oriented policing division. All the units gather intel, but the information gained doesn’t always get shared with the entire staff, Ziman said.
“It’ll be a bit of a culture change because everything will need to go to...