Deputy Fire Warden John Padgett has ordered Stage I Fire Restrictions for all the unincorporated areas of El Paso County.  The Stage I Fire Restrictions shall go into effect immediately and the following are prohibited:

On April 22, 2018 at approximately 12:46 AM, a clerk at the Value Inn located at 6875 Space Village Avenue, called the Sheriff’s Office to report a man with a gun.  As units were responding to the area, dispatch received another call that a man was shot and lying in the middle of the road.  The

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On Saturday, April 14, 2018, at approximately 1:52 AM, Deputies were dispatched to the 13500 block of Hobby Horse Lane in reference to a check the welfare.  When deputies arrived on scene, they located two deceased individuals.

On Sunday, April 15, 2018, at approximately 3:40 PM, fire personnel with Donald Westcott Fire Department (DWFD), Tri Lakes Fire Department and Palmer Lake Fire Department (PLFD) responded to a structure at a residence in the 14000 block of Allegiance Dr.

On Sunday, April 15, 2018, at approximately 1:06 PM, a structure fire was reported at a residence in the 23800 block of Blue Roan Circle.  Members of the Calhan Fire Department responded and, while extinguishing the fire, discovered a deceased individual inside the residence. 

On Saturday, April 14, 2018, at approximately 1:52 AM, Deputies were dispatched to the 13500 block of Hobby Horse Lane in reference to a check the welfare.  When deputies arrived on scene, they located two deceased individuals.

On January 1, 2018, House Bill 17-1220 concerning measures to stop diversion of legal marijuana to the illegal market was put into law.  Sheriff Bill Elder made it one of his top priorities to go after black-market marijuana and the illegal marijuana grows in El Paso County.

On April 5, 2018, at approximately 8:07 PM, a deputy was at Gladiator and Main Street in Security CO, when she heard several shots fired coming from the Shots Tavern located at 1831 Main Street.  She immediately arrived on scene and was informed by a witness that a white male had just shot at a

On Wednesday, April 4, 2018, members of the Sheriff's Office Rural Enforcement Outreach, SWAT, Crime Reduction Unit and the Metro Vice Narcotics Intelligence executed two search warrants on properties where there were illegal marijuana grows.