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died, Acosta was a commander with the Brighton Police Department. “Everyone here knows what Frank was all about,” said outgoing Brighton Police Chief Paul Southard. “Everyone knows he could be the crazy little brother in the room. I appreciated the man he was.” That included a stint as acting police chief when Southard battled through COVID-19.
In the beginning, the scooters arrived without permission. Now, the electric devices are continuing to spread to more metro-area cities, touted as a way to reduce traffic but also feared by some pedestrians who see them zooming down sidewalks. “Electric scooters and bikes should only be ridden where bicycles are allowed to ride and should not be ridden on sidewalks unless actively parking, starting or ending a trip,” said Vanessa Lacayo, a spokesperson for Denver’s transportation department. But officials are still trying to convince scooter users to stay off the sidewalk in Denver, a city where riding scooters irresponsibly is a common sight in the downtown area. Starting this fall, Denver will test some ideas in the downtown area — where some of the highest ridership in the city takes place — to try to improve safety, Lacayo said. The city recently finalized a stencil to place on some sidewalks to remind riders to keep the space clear for pedestrians, and officials also have used tech-based strategies to restrict or slow riders down in some busy areas, Lacayo said. The scooters can mean more than a fun trip for riders and a nuisance for pedestrians — they’re often involved in injuries.
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The casket of Brighton police Cmdr. Frank Acosta arrives at Orchard Church shortly before his Sept. 29 funeral service. Acosta died COURTESY BRIGHTON POLICE DEPARTMENT Sept. 23. BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Brighton Deputy Police Chief Matt Dominico took a minute to recall something his daughter said shortly after the death of Cmdr. Frank Acosta. Acosta died suddenly on Sept. 23. He was 56. “I was talking with my wife, and I told my daughter that one of daddy’s friends at work had died,”
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he told the audience at Acosta’s Sept. 29 funeral services at Orchard Church. “She had this sad look on her face, and she said, ‘Oh. He was that big guy who welcomed me with open arms.’” Acosta grew up in Leadville and graduated from high school in 1984. He joined the U.S. Army and was a member of the 82nd Airborne in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He spent eight years as a trooper with the Colorado State Patrol. When he
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