Some Denver Cops Object to Use of Uniformed Officers in Obama Gun Control Speech Later Today

President campaigning on gun control at the Denver Police Academy

Some current and former Denver police officers have taken to Facebook to criticize President Barack Obama's planned use of Denver police officers as a backdrop for a Wednesday speech on gun control.

"This is wrong and it shouldn't be happening," said Mike Rossi, a retired Denver police detective who left the department in 2005.