DENVER (KDVR) — On May 27, Jim Baird was sworn in as the new chief of police at the Thornton Police Department. On May 14, at about 9:50 p.m., he fired a gun in his apartment. According to the ...

THORNTON, Colo. — Hours before he is expected to be sworn in as the city’s new chief of police, Jim Baird admitted to 9NEWS he was talking on the phone while handling a gun in his kitchen when ...

The City of Thornton was set to swear in a new police chief Tuesday, but prior to that, CBS News Colorado has learned that Jim Baird accidentally fired a new gun at his apartment on May 14 ...

"Our community has been shocked by the events that occurred this morning," Greg Reeves, the interim chief of police for the Thornton Police Department, said in a press conference Wednesday morning ...

Breckenridge Police Department Chief Jim Baird is pictured at a remembrance ceremony on Sept. 11, 2019. Baird recently left the department after accepting a job in Thornton. Liz Copan / ecopan ...

Beckman has been with the Thornton Police Department full-time since 1994. "We're happy to be able to fill the position internally," Wicha said. Beckman said keeping up with a small increase in ...