On October 18, 2012, ADL partnered with the Greeley Police Department, the Wheat Ridge Police Department and Investigator Duane Eaton of the Arvada Police Department to train 100 law enforcement officers representing over a dozen departments. The training took place in Greeley, CO. An ADL investigative researcher conducted the three-hour training on criminal activities associated with extremist groups, including neo-Nazis,

ADL’s Mountain States Region joined dozens of Colorado civil rights, business and religious groups to support the introduction of legislation to strengthen Colorado’s employment laws to provide enforcement options for Colorado employees who have suffered discrimination because of their religion, gender, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation. Although it is illegal to discriminate against workers in Colorado, employees are severely limited

In advance of the Jewish High Holy Days, the Anti-Defamation League’s Mountain States regional office issued a Security Advisory to over 200 Jewish institutions in Colorado and Wyoming, advising them to review their security policies, procedures and training and to renew their relationships with local law enforcement. ADL also shared several resources with the community, including its security manual, Protecting

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the Colorado Court of Appeals opposing the Douglas County School District school voucher program, saying that the program would improperly use tax dollars to fund discrimination. “The Douglas County voucher program would use public money to support religious schools, many of which expressly discriminate in

The Mountain States Region of the Anti-Defamation League announced that Andrea Shpall will be named Regional Chair at ADL’s annual meeting on June 7, 2012.  She will succeed current Chair Stuart Pack, who is finishing a two-year term. Andrea Shpall is the President of Polk Majestic Travel. She is a third-generation Colorado native, and a graduate of Antioch College and