Susan Payne

former local and state police officer in Colorado; founder of Colorado’s Safe2Tell program; research associate with the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado, Boulder

Susan Payne on KCRW

Colorado has a long history of high-profile mass shootings: Columbine High School in 1999, the Aurora movie theater in 2012, and now the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder.

States need reporting system to flag potential mass shooting incidents, says former Colorado law enforcement officer

Colorado has a long history of high-profile mass shootings: Columbine High School in 1999, the Aurora movie theater in 2012, and now the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder.

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