It’s a small policy shift, but one that’s turning heads.
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On a long stretch of highway in Arapahoe County, a sheriff’s patrol vehicle cruises past rows of farmland. Behind the wheel sits a deputy, a straw cowboy hat on his center console, eyes on the open road.
A new rule change in Arapahoe County means sheriff’s deputies are now allowed to wear cowboy hats while on duty — a small policy shift, but one that’s turning heads.