Colorado police officers began their annual Labor Day DUI crackdown Friday. The Increased DUI enforcement will last through Tuesday September 5th. The Colorado Department of Transportation is partnering with the State Patrol and other local law enforcement agencies to take as many impaired drivers off the roads as possible. During last years Labor Day DUI enforcement period police Continue reading
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Labor Day DUI Enforcement Underway
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Hundreds Arrested Over 4th Of July Holiday
Hundreds of impaired drivers were taken off the roads during the 4th of July Heat is On DUI enforcement campaign in Colorado. A total of 381 impaired drivers were arrested between June 30th and July 5th, an increase from the 318 drivers who were arrested during the same enforcement Continue reading
Click It or Ticket Campaign For Rural Colorado
A rural Click It or Ticket campaign is underway in Colorado. The State Patrol and local law enforcement will be out through Monday targeting improperly restrained drivers and passengers. Colorado Department of Transportation numbers show that statewide only 84% of Coloradans use their seat belts properly, but CDOT Continue reading
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Scammers Target Wyoming Seniors
The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a new scam which is targeting the areas seniors. Victims are receiving calls from young people who claim to be their grandchildren. The scammers then claim that they are in jail, often out of the state or in Continue reading
Summer DUI Enforcement Underway
The Heat is On Summer Blitz DUI enforcement campaign is underway in Colorado and will last through Monday June 26th. During this time period, the Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement will be looking to remove as many intoxicated drivers from the roads as possible. 65 fatalities attributed to intoxicated driving occurred last year Continue reading
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Bomb Squad Detonates Several Pressure Bombs
The Sweetwater County Bomb Squad detonated several improvised chemical pressure bombs in Uinta County over the weekend. The Bomb Squad responded to a location about 5 miles north of Evanston Friday afternoon, where the Uinta County Sheriff’s office was investigating an abandoned vehicle. Uinta officers Continue reading
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Memorial Day DUI Patrols Underway
Drivers should be aware that the Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement will be out in force this weekend looking for intoxicated or impaired drivers. The Memorial Day Weekend Heat is on Campaign will last through Tuesday. On Continue reading
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Click It Or Ticket Campaign Underway
The Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement are conducting a click it or ticket campaign through June 4th, in an effort to promote seat belt safety among Colorado drivers. During the same enforcement period last year, nearly 6,000 Continue reading
IRS Scammers Target Wyoming
The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a scam where people are calling and claiming to represent the IRS and are demanding payment from potential victims. Scammers are calling people and are telling them that they owe delinquent taxes which must be paid immediately by Continue reading
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Rural Coloradans Not Wearing Seat-belts
Lack of seat-belt use continues to be an issue in rural Colorado. Colorado law enforcement issued 1,300 citations for unbuckled passengers and drivers during the most recent rural Click it or Ticket seat-belt enforcement campaign, a decrease from the 1,600 citations issued during the same enforcement period last year. 69 drivers were Continue reading
Move Over It’s The Law
Colorado law enforcement will be strictly enforcing the states Move Over Law throughout the month of April. The law requires Colorado drivers to move over one lane when any emergency, service or maintenance vehicles are parked on the side of a roadway. When it’s not possible to move over, drivers Continue reading
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Spring “Heat Is On” Campaign Underway
Spring “Heat Is On” DUI enforcement is underway in Colorado. The spring Heat Is On DUI campaign will last through May 15th. During that time period, the Colorado State Patrol will work in conjunction with local law enforcement, to take as many intoxicated drivers off the roads as possible. Last year, 1,555 Continue reading
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