The 16th Street mall has become a lightning rod in the debate about Denver’s downtown: whether it is safe, whether it is pleasant, whether it is worth visiting. ⁠ ⁠ The corridor has been criticized for public drug use, homelessness and, at times, violence: an attacker killed two people and wounded two others in a spree of unprovoked stabbings along the mall in January.⁠ ⁠ In April, Mayor Mike Johnston announced a new police focus on the street: a 10-member team of bicycle and horse-mounted officers patrolling the area between 14th and 18th streets, from Union Station to Broadway.⁠ ⁠ To learn more about the people police are encountering in this high-profile corridor, The Denver Post spent eight hours over two days in May following two members of that detail. Here’s what we saw.⁠ ⁠ Read the full story at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝: Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post⁠ 📷: Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post // helenhrichardson⁠ ⁠ #denver #16thStreet #crime #DowntownDenver #colorado #denve...