Pitkin County’s new sheriff stakes a claim to Aspen’s progressive law enforcement tradition. The late Bob Braudis’ name wasn’t on the local ballot in November, but may as well have been. Five months ...

The death of Bob Braudis, Pitkin County's six-term elected sheriff from 1985 until 2010, was no shock. He was only 77, but color had drained from his cheeks; he talked more slowly, breathing heavily ...

Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis announced in April that he would not seek a seventh term in office, ending a 24-year career as Aspen’s top lawman. He quickly endorsed Undersheriff Joe DiSalvo, whom ...

Anybody who knows me knows I'm a fan of Hunter Thompson, the gonzo journalist and failed Colorado sheriff's candidate who took his own life in 2008. Well, Thompson was a fan of one particular lawman, ...

ASPEN, Colorado ” A man who left four homemade bombs around Aspen, , Colorado on New Year’s Eve, forcing the evacuation of most of downtown, appeared set on more mayhem, including deaths, says the ...

Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis said this week he has turned down a request by a Redstone resident to investigate the shooting of a bear there by a Colorado Division of Wildlife officer.Braudis ...