But in a news release, he “commends” the actions taken by dispatchers, police, fire and EMS personnel on the morning of Saturday, October 31.
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That call was received at 8:45 a.m. According to the release, no officers were available to respond.
“They aren’t common, but we do get those calls: somebody walking down the street with a weapon displayed … and the officers will respond based on the information provided”, Brandt said.
A bicyclist was killed Saturday after Noah Harpham shot him, then killed two women on the porch of a sober living home near the 200 block of North Prospect Street, the Colorado Springs Police Department said. At 8:47, one officer finished the call he was on.
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Four Colorado Springs officers returned fire: two officers in training and two veteran officers with the department.
They were training the other two officers – Charles “Chip” Surratt and Matthew Anderson – who were hired in March and were riding along as part of their field training.
Priority 2: Situations classified as critical and will include in-progress calls with potentially risky circumstances but no apparent imminent life threat.
Toward the end of the first call, the operator asked Bettis whether she or anyone else “was in immediate danger”. “Of course, having the gas cans seems suspicious, so we are going to keep the call open for that”. The call for service type started as a priority 3.
The police department provided a document explaining each call for service priority designation. The change in call type occurred at 8:46 AM. Buckley declined to provide any further details as to the timing or substance of the two 911 calls by Bettis, citing an ongoing investigation into the shooting.
“There is not a uniform policy I’m aware of statewide to manage how dispatch handles these calls”, Rick Brandt, president of the Colorado Association of Police Chiefs, told The Post. However, the other call had a potential threat to human life.
CSPD has come under national scrutiny after a woman called 911 to report a suspicious man with a gun on Halloween morning. At 8:57, the dispatcher requested officers to respond to a reported shooting, and immediately dispatched officers from other divisions. An ambulance was also immediately dispatched.
The caller remained on the phone, and at 8:58, she told the call-taker she heard more shots fired. At 9:00 AM the reporting party stated she heard another shot.
Roughly a minute into the call, a dispatcher changed the call a “priority two” possible burglary after Bettis reported that he had entered a building across from her home.
At 9:00:41, the suspect was on Platte Avenue approaching the Taco Bell at Platte Avenue and Wahsatch Street.
Re: “Open carry becomes focus after Colorado Springs shooting rampage”, November 4 news story. The agency is investigating the incident. They also released the names of the four officers who shot at the gunman, killing him.
The windshield of a police auto was hit by Harpham’s fire.
“He was armed with a pistol in one hand and a rifle in the other hand”. He was given commands to drop his guns. “He refused and immediately began firing at police”, the release said. Harpham was struck once with a fatal round.
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Police say that Harpham was determined to be armed with an AR15 rifle, a. 357 caliber revolver and a 9mm semi-automatic pistol. The District Attorney’s Office will review the sheriff’s office’s findings to determine if charges should be filed.
