The Victim Services Units for the Brighton Police Department and the Commerce City Police Department established separately in the late 1980's. In 2014, the City of Brighton and Commerce City merged Victim Services Units to increase services offered to victims.
Patients with disabilities often face medical providers who make inaccurate assumptions about their quality of life that can lead to paternalism and substandard care, according to an essay published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).