Tag: Colorado Springs Police Department
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Denver deputy arrested on suspicion of menacing, child abuse in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs police arrested Denver Sheriff’s Deputy Darrel Killebrew, who is facing several charges, including child abuse, according to a news release by the sheriff’s department Thursday. CSPD officers responded to a domestic disturbance call for service on Monday after an adult female reported Killebrew, 33, broke a tablet and a laptop and pulled a…
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Denver police crime lab triples number of cases under review in CBI scandal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Police Department’s crime lab has now significantly expanded its review of DNA testing previously done by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s troubled forensic lab, bringing the total to more than 1,300 past sexual assault cases in the area. That is more than triple…
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Speed cameras coming to Colorado roadways amid alarming spike in construction zone deaths
The state’s latest effort to crack down on speeding and reduce traffic fatalities comes amid an alarming increase in construction-zone deaths, which nearly doubled in 2024. The Colorado Department of Transportation released preliminary data from 2024 that reflects a roughly 5% decrease in traffic fatalities overall compared to 2023. Continued efforts by CDOT and the…
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Motorcycle deaths on the rise in Colorado despite enforcement, safety campaigns
As a member of the Colorado Springs Police Department’s Major Crash Team, the unit that investigates the city’s most serious collisions, Sgt. Eric Anderson knows more than he’d like to about the devastating physical impact of a motorcycle crash. “We’re usually talking about a 3,000- or 4,000-lb. vehicle, versus an 800- or 900 lb. motorcycle,”…
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Colorado Springs woman seeks justice after texting app allegedly used to frame her in stalking case
The booming knocks on the front door heralded a new and escalating encounter with Colorado Springs police for Lisa Chase. Nearly a dozen officers from the police department’s fugitive unit wearing tactical gear had surrounded the 42-year-old woman’s home, blocking all doors and windows. Accustomed to the protocol by now, Chase agreed when the lead…
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Parole officer identified in fatal Colorado hit-and-run
Authorities have identified the fallen parole officer in Thursday’s hit-and-run crash near downtown Colorado Springs. Officer Christine Guerin Sandoval died at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central after sustaining injuries from being hit by the suspect vehicle. Guerin Sandoval was one of two female parole officers struck in the incident. Out of a want for privacy, police…
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Homicide victim found in truck along I-25 gagged, bound and injected with heroin
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Texas man found dead inside a disabled vehicle along Interstate 25 in Colorado Springs in late December had been bound and gagged with zip ties and duct tape, and someone had injected him with heroin before his…
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Alert issued for missing Indigenous teen last seen in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Bureau of Investigation sent out a Missing Indigenous Person Alert for a 17-year-old girl last seen in Colorado Springs on Monday morning. Kayleen Savage, 17, was last seen at 6:50 a.m. in the 3100…
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Polis says red flag law ‘can work better’ than assault weapons ban
Gov. Jared Polis believes Colorado’s red flag law is a more effective tool than an assault weapons ban, which General Assembly Democrats appear to be pursuing. Extreme Risk Protection Orders — which allow family members or law enforcement officers to petition a court to removing firearms from a person who poses an imminent threat to themselves or others —…