In the early morning hours of December 26, 2022, just after 1:00am, an on duty Sheriff’s Patrol Division Lieutenant observed a sedan back into a fuel pump at a convenience store located in the 7900 block of Silicon Heights in unincorporated El Paso County near Marksheffel & Constitution.  The

The El Paso County Jail Video Visitation building located at 2727 East Las Vegas Street will be closed for remodeling beginning on January 2, 2023. This remodeling project is scheduled for completion on or about April 2, 2023.

On December 19, 2022, at around 9:54 a.m., the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Communications Center received a transferred 911 call. The caller indicated a man was shooting within a home located in the 9800 block of Rubicon Drive. The caller heard multiple shots being fired.

On December 14, 2022, at around 6:39 a.m., a deputy with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office was involved in a vehicle vs. pedestrian traffic crash on East Las Vegas Street. Tragically, the pedestrian did not survive. The deputy was not injured.

On November 26, 2022, just after 4:30pm, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Communications Section received information from a 911 caller that someone had been shot at an apartment complex located in the 1600 block of Hampton South.  This is in the Stratmoor Valley area of unincorporated El Paso

On December 11, 2022, a female inmate in the El Paso County Jail died while in custody.

In the early morning hours of November 20, 2022, several El Paso County-area citizens were killed, and numerous others were injured, resulting from the tragic and senseless mass shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs.  Sheriff Bill Elder, and the almost 1,000 sworn members, professi

Due to the low precipitation we have received, the fairly consistent winds and warmer temperatures, coupled with the frequency of ongoing outdoor fire responses we and our partners in the county are responding to, Sheriff Bill Elder has ordered Stage I Fire Restrictions for all of the unincorpora

On December 5, 2022, just before 8:40am, a motorist traveling along Highway 115 in unincorporated El Paso County reported to the Sheriff’s Office Communications Center a passerby in another vehicle fire multiple rounds from a firearm at him.  When deputies arrived on scene, they observed multiple

As was previously reported, on Sunday, November, 20, 2022, at 6:45PM, officers with the Fountain Police Department responded to a reported Domestic Violence incident at a home in the 6900 block of Village Meadows Drive in the City of Fountain, Colorado.  An adult female reported to the El Paso Co