Tag: public safety
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‘No immediate threat’ found after brief incident at Colorado Springs football game
An incident at a Vista Ridge High School football game drew a police presence Friday night, but no threat was detected, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. A school resource officer encountered a small group of people “running and yelling” about a person with a gun, police said, of the situation at the District…
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Wildfire contained near Cimarron Hills, Colorado Springs Airport
Firefighters contained a wildfire east of Cimarron Hills and the Colorado Springs Airport that shut down part of Colorado 94 on Friday, according to the Cimarron Hills Fire Department. Colorado 94 was still closed at about 6 p.m. between mile markers 4 and 6 from Space Village Avenue to North Franceville Coal Mine Road, the…
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Record bear activity prompts CPW outreach event in Monument
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is planning several outreach events across the state to educate residents on keeping bears away amid record sightings, according to a news release on Friday. The agency has received over 6,000 reports of bear sightings this year, nearly double this time last year, and is on pace for the highest since…
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Burn bans, restrictions downgraded in El Paso County, Colorado Springs, officials say
The authorities on Friday downgraded burn restrictions in El Paso County and Colorado Springs after favorable weather since the start of August. Fire restrictions went from stage 2 to stage 1 in the county at 1 p.m. Friday, the Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release. The burn ban in Colorado Springs changed to burn…
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Cause of Chapel Hills Mall fire remains under investigation days later
A fire within Dick’s Sporting Goods’ trash compactor at the Chapel Hills Mall on Tuesday remains under investigation, a spokesperson with the Colorado Springs Fire Department told The Gazette on Thursday. It is unclear when the store may be open, as the national retail chain now lists the location as “temporarily closed” on its website.…
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3-car collision in Pueblo kills 1, injures several others
A three-vehicle crash killed one person and injured “several others” just before 7 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Eagleridge Boulevard in Pueblo, according to police. A person was trapped when officers arrived, and they were later pronounced dead at the scene. The injured were taken to hospitals for evaluation and treatment, police said.…
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Fire ignites at Dick’s Sporting Goods, evacuating Chapel Hills Mall
Colorado Springs firefighters have removed a trash compactor that ignited in the Dick’s Sporting Goods at the Chapel Hills Mall around 3:50 p.m. on Tuesday, the department posted on social media. No injuries were reported, and CSFD had asked people to avoid the area. After the fire was located, crews began firefighting efforts by 4…
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Juvenile arrested after allegedly burglarizing several businesses in El Paso County
El Paso County sheriff’s deputies took a juvenile into custody after businesses in several locations were burglarized Monday, according to a news release by the Sheriff’s Office. Dispatchers initially began receiving reports of a burglary in progress around 5 a.m. in the 6800 block of Space Village Avenue, alleging the suspect was breaking windows, discharging…
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Colorado Springs woman had 0.235 BAC in ‘intentional’ fatal I-70 crash
The Mesa County Coroner’s Office determined a fatal head-on collision on Interstate 70 near the Utah border in July was an “intentional act” by the driver, according to a news release by Colorado State Patrol on Monday. A toxicology report conducted by the Coroner’s Office later found that Briana Brink, 32, of Colorado Springs, had…
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DA justifies CSPD officers in fatally shooting man at McDonald’s
The deadly shooting of a man by Colorado Springs police officers at a McDonald’s was ruled justified by the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office on Monday, the office announced in a news release. The ruling determined officers Daniel White, Mitchell Mueller and Michael Dauchy did not violate the law in shooting Benjamin Greenfield, 40, as…