DENVER — In an interview with Denver7 on Friday, Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas shared more details about his proposal to change how officers are disciplined for certain low-level policy violations and responded to accusations that he had not been transparent in developing the policy.

Instead of relying on traditional discipline, such as oral or written reprimands, the proposal would provide officers with the option of receiving “behavior-focused education and training.” Thomas said this would involve the officers going to the academy and taking a class from trainers who would help them understand the specific policy and procedure they were supposed to follow.

“And then, you know, training to make sure that when you walk away at the end of that eight or 16 hours, that you clearly under

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