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• New details into Tuesday's officer involved shooting in Woodland Park

  January 23, 2013 7:29 PM

  New details continue to pour in over Tuesday's deadly officer involved shooting in Woodland Park. Around 2:30 p.m., two officers with the Woodland Park Police Department pulled over Craig Bondo, 20, for driving a stolen Saturn station wagon along Highway 24. While attempting to make an arrest, the... more »

• Fatal crash in Fremont County

  January 2, 2013 11:38 PM

  One person is dead and two others injured after their SUV rolled on Highway 50 west of Pueblo. Colorado State Patrol tells us the driver of the vehicle lost control of the car and rolled it into the median just after 6:30 this evening. The car flipped several times.... more »

• Extra police lights will be on Pueblo Blvd as officers increase patrols Play Video

  July 27, 2012 7:32 PM

  If you've noticed more police on Pueblo Boulevard, you're not alone. We looked into why police are beefing up patrols on that major road. It is the main problem on this busy street: speeders. "We have a lot of people who think the Boulevard is the fast route from the... more »

• State Patrol forced to address anti-gay culture after former patrol captain admits he's gay

  July 18, 2012 8:18 AM

  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado State Patrol has been ordered to change its policies after an administrative law judge found the patrol fostered an anti-gay culture. The changes were ordered after a former patrol captain admitted he was gay during a polygraph exam. The judge says the questioning was out... more »

• More patrols during holiday season

  December 8, 2011 8:51 AM

  LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) - Loveland police are stepping up patrols in major shopping districts to deter thefts and shoplifting during the holiday season. Shopkeepers are welcoming the increased police presence through Christmas. Promenade Shops business owner Marci Lautzenheiser says thieves will think twice before committing crimes. According to... more »

• Police to divide Pueblo into quadrants

  June 7, 2011 3:58 PM

  The Pueblo Police Department will change the way officers respond to crimes effective tomorrow. The city will be divided into four zones. According to the police department, will allow more officers to take an active interest in any crime hot spot that appears within their assigned zone. ... more »

• Two people seriously hurt in rollover north of Pueblo

  April 6, 2011 2:26 AM

  The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a serious single-car rollover at mile marker 105 on I-25, between the Pueblo West and Eagleridge exits. It happened shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday. State Trooper Mark Parsons says the car was traveling southbound when it rolled. A man and a woman... more »

• Crash on I-25 north of Pueblo

  April 6, 2011 1:50 AM

  The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a serious single-car rollover at mile marker 105 on I-25, between the Pueblo West and Eagleridge exits. It happened shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday. State Trooper Mark Parsons says the car was traveling southbound when it rolled. A man and a woman... more »

• Fatal accident on I25 south of Pueblo injures children

  November 14, 2010 5:10 PM

  Colorado State Patrol Troopers are still investigating a fatal traffic accident on I-25 approximately 6 miles south of Pueblo in which one person has been killed and four others have been injured. The accident was reported shortly after 11:00 Am today at mile marker 88 on I 25. Troopers... more »

• Pueblo Co. Sheriff's Office recruits horse riders

  October 26, 2010 6:51 PM

  The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office is looking for deputies and volunteers to join its mounted patrol unit and posse program. On Tuesday, the sheriff's office held tryouts at the state fairgrounds in Pueblo. Volunteers and their horses would assist with search and rescues as part of the department's posse program.... more »

• Judge weighs lawsuit against Colorado State Patrol

  September 13, 2010 8:36 AM

  A judge is weighing a lawsuit against the Colorado State Patrol that alleges a trooper's high-speed pursuit of a suspect was the reason for a crash that killed a pregnant woman's unborn child. Mesa County Judge David Bottger will determine after a four-day hearing in April whether the lawsuit... more »

• Wyoming football player killed in Colorado crash

  September 7, 2010 8:36 AM

  Authorities say a pickup drifted off a Colorado highway and crashed, killing a University of Wyoming football player and injuring three teammates. The Colorado State Patrol says Ruben Narcisse, 19, of Miami was killed in the crash early Monday. Trey Fox, 19, of Glenwood Springs, Christian Morgan,18, of Aurora,... more »

• Border Patrol sees spike in suicides

  August 16, 2010 8:19 AM

  U.S. Border Patrol agents are killing themselves in greater numbers, after nearly four years without one suicide. Records obtained by The Associated Press show that at least 15 agents have taken their own lives since February 2008. It's the largest spike in suicides the agency has seen in at... more »

• Fatal accident east of Colorado Springs

  June 5, 2010 5:06 PM

  The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a one car fatal accident on Highway 94 near Blaney Road east of Colorado Springs. The State Patrol got the call from El Paso County Sheriff's Office just before 1:00 pm Saturday. They found the body of a man in a 1998 Silver... more »

• State Patrol issues report on dispatch delay

  May 18, 2010 5:44 PM

  The Colorado State Patrol has taken administrative action against four employees involved in an episode last December that lead to the death of a motorist on Interstate 25 between Colorado Springs and Pueblo. In the early morning hours of December 17, 2009, a call came in about a crash... more »

• Highway 24 now open near Florissant

  April 4, 2010 9:26 AM

  Highway 24 is currently is now open between Divide and Florissant after a serious two vehicle traffic accident. The Colorado State Patrol says the accident happened just after 5:00 a.m. Sunday when a pickup truck going east crossed the center line and collided head on with an oncoming Toyota... more »

• Pueblo steps up seat belt enforcement at night

  April 2, 2010 12:33 PM

  The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office and the State Patrol have stepped up the Click It or Ticket campaign for this first week of April. The risk of being involved in a fatal crash is significantly greater at night than during the day, due in part to fewer people buckling... more »

• Highway 115 reopened after fatal accident

  February 13, 2010 12:49 PM

  Two soldiers from Fort Carson have been killed and another is in critical condition after a head on collision on State Highway 115 south of Colorado Springs. Highway 115 was closed for over 4 hours. At about 5:15 a.m. Saturday, a black Audi sedan crossed over the center line and... more »

• Weekend DUI patrols scheduled in Pueblo

  February 4, 2010 5:48 PM

  The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office plans DUI saturation patrols this weekend to coincide with the Super Bowl. In 2008 the State of Colorado passed House Bill 1194 which in part requires an increase in the number of high visibility drunk driving patrols and has made funds available to pay... more »

• Man killed in I-25 accident

  September 26, 2009 7:07 PM

  A man was killed and a woman was injured in a two car accident on I-25, 14 miles north of Pueblo Saturday afternoon. According to the Colorado State Patrol, 84 year old Virginia Ginn-Weeter from Cibolo, Texas was driving her 1999 Buick Park Avenue when she moved into the... more »