Aurora, Colorado | Police Funding Database | LDF

Aurora at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	White, not Hispanic or Latino	158,426
	Black or African American	62,710
	American Indian and Alaska native	815
	Asian	26,686
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,014
	Two or More Races	23,062
	Hispanic or Latino	126,583

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Full-time law enforcement staff, Aurora Police Department

680 Officers
168 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

2.14 Aurora
2.4 National average, cities with 250,000+ population
2.2 National average

These figures reflect the Aurora Police Department only, and do not include state or other police agencies that may be present in this location.

Federal grant funding for Aurora

Data was last updated July 1, 2024

We identified over $9.9M in federal grant funding, FY 2015-2025

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	Department of Justice	$4,361,447
	Executive Office of the President	$5,599,192

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Aurora
Amount	Start and end dates	Recipient and description	Awarding agency	CFDA program	Type
$651,391.86	1/1/2024 12/31/2025	AURORA, CITY OF THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATIONS AND IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INITIATIVES.	Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy	95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program	Prime
$718,606.43	1/1/2023 12/31/2024	AURORA, CITY OF THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATIONS AND IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INITIATIVES.	Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy	95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program	Prime
$699,959.00	10/1/2022 9/30/2025	AURORA, CITY OF THE AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL PRODUCE TIMELY, PRECISE, AND OBJECTIVE CRIME GUN INTELLIGENCE DATA TO IDENTIFY, FOCUS, AND COORDINATE THEIR EFFORTS AND THOSE OF BORDERING AGENCIES, AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, FORENSIC, AND PROSECUTORIAL RESOURCES ON THE MOST VIOLENT ARMED OFFENDERS IN AURORA. T…	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program	Prime
$525,201.28	1/1/2022 12/31/2023	AURORA, CITY OF THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATIONS AND IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INITIATIVES.	Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy	95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program	Prime

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Military equipment transfers

Data last updated July 11, 2025

$467.7K value of military equipment has been transferred to the Aurora Police Department

The highest-value stock number reported is MINE RESISTANT VEHICLE with 1 item valued at $412,000.00 each

Recent equipment transfers

Military equipment transfers
Ship date	Item and National Stock Number (NSN)	Acquisition value	Quantity	Acquisition value, each	Acquisition value, total	DEMIL code / IC	DEMIL code	DEMIL IC
4/11/2018	TELESCOPE,STRAIGHT 1240-01-412-6608	Acquisition value	7	7 @ $1,320.00	$9,240.00	DEMIL code / IC	F	1
10/10/2017	SIGHT,REFLEX 1240-01-411-1265	Acquisition value	3	3 @ $342.00	$1,026.00	DEMIL code / IC	D	0
8/10/2017	SIGHT,REFLEX 1240-01-411-1265	Acquisition value	3	3 @ $342.00	$1,026.00	DEMIL code / IC	D	0
6/9/2017	SIGHT,REFLEX 1240-01-411-1265	Acquisition value	3	3 @ $342.00	$1,026.00	DEMIL code / IC	D	0

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Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements

Data last updated December 8, 2025

Settlements

We identified 4 publicly reported settlements that resulted in $17,935,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.

Settlements
Year	Description	Outcome
2024	In February 2024, the City of Aurora, Colorado, reached a $1.9 million settlement agreement with Brittney Gilliam and her family. In August 2020, Aurora Police Department officers held Gilliam at gunpoint and handcuffed her because they mistakenly believed that she was driving a stolen vehicle, even though Gilliam was with her young daughter, sister, and two nieces. Former Police Chief Vanessa Wilson apologized to the family, and attorney David Lane filed a lawsuit on behalf of Gilliam and her family. Sources Kyla Pearce, "Family held at gunpoint by Aurora police reach settlement", The Denver Gazette, January 04, 2024 Colleen Slevin, "Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement", The Associated Press, February 05, 2024	Compensation $1,900,000.00
2023	In February 2023, the City of Aurora, Colorado, reached a $750,000 settlement with five people who alleged that police used violence and intimidation against protesters during a vigil on June 27, 2020. The vigil honored Elijah McClain, who died in August 2019 days after being placed in a carotid hold by officers and administered ketamine by paramedics. Under the direction of then-Police Chief Vanessa Wilson, Aurora Police declared the peaceful June 2020 vigil “unlawful” and deployed officers from multiple agencies. The lawsuit claimed that officers “indiscriminately deployed chemical agents,” wielded batons, and shot projectiles at the crowd. Source Melissa Reeves, "Settlement reached in lawsuit regarding protestors at Elijah McClain violin vigil", 9NEWS, February 15, 2023	Compensation $750,000.00
2021	The City of Aurora will pay $15 million to the family of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old-man who was killed in a confrontation with Aurora police, to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit over his death. In 2019, Elijah McClain was approached by police after they received a call that McClain “looked sketchy.” During the confrontation with police, McClain was put into a chokehold and paramedics injected McClain with ketamine, a powerful sedative, which resulted him going into cardiac arrest. In the following days, McClain was put on life support and then died. McClain was unarmed. Source Brian Maass, "City of Aurora Will Pay $15 Million Settlement Over Death of Elijah McClain", CBS News, November 17, 2021	Compensation $15,000,000.00
2020	The Aurora Police Department paid Jamie Albert Torres Soto $285,000 to settle a lawsuit that Torres Soto filed in 2018. In November 2016, Aurora officers forced Torres Soto out of his garage, detained him, and then slammed him to the ground. The officers would later try to cover up the misconduct by charging Torres Soto with resisting arrest and failure to follow a lawful order, but Torres Soto was later acquitted of all charges. The Aurora Police Department has had issues concerning police excessive use of force for years; the Department rose to infamy when it was involved with the death of Elijah McClain in 2019. Source Allison Sytle, "Aurora Police to pay man $285,000 settlement for ordering him out of home, slamming him on ground", 9News, December 10, 2020	Compensation $285,000.00