Armando Saldate is Denver’s top public safety official after the City Council voted 12-1 Tuesday night to approve his nomination to the post.
in that role. He will be immediately faced with the challenge of mending relationships with police reform advocates that he has personally been accused of damaging.
“No problems get solved when people are in their corners,” Saldate said at Tuesday’s meeting when asked about his willingness to work with the community-led . “We have to come to the middle. We have to be able to talk to each other with respect with courage. We have to have the courage to have those tough conversations.”pulled all public safety department staff
out of the group last year after a disagreement. Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca laid the blame for Robinson’s decision on Saldate, who she says has made false allegations about people in her office in other situations that colored the broader perception of the task force. He has “failed to show the integrity that we should expect from someone at this level of government,” CdeBaca said. “I have not witnessed his ability to act courageously in a public setting.”But the newly minted director of public safety said he has already reached out to Dr. Robert Davis, who is coordinating the task force project. He is committed to starting a productive dialogue, he assured council members.
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