The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is reducing costs associated with phone calls and video visitation services at the El Paso County Jail.

Previously, calls were charged at a rate of .44 cents per minute for local calls and .60 cents per minute for long distance (domestic).

On May 9, 2021, at approximately 12:49AM, a medical emergency was declared in a male housing ward at the El Paso County Jail. 

On July 2, 2021, at approximately 1122 hours, our Communications center received a phone call from a woman reporting her 38-year-old stepson missing. She was calling from Texas.

On July 11, 2021, at approximately 1:06 PM, the El Paso County Communications center was contacted by the Colorado Springs Police Department in reference to a shooting that occurred in the area of South Academy Boulevard and Interstate 25 (I-25).

On July 6, 2021, at approximately 12:03 PM, our Communications Center dispatched Manitou Springs Police Department officers to the 400 block of Manitou Avenue on a report of a shot being fired.

On June 28, 2021, at approximately 7:21 AM, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Communications Center dispatched deputies to a Check the Welfare call in the 11000 block of Rodez Grove.

Upon arrival, deputies found two deceased individuals.

On June 30, 2021, at around 1:26 PM, members of the Sheriff's Office Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) were in the Stratmoor Valley neighborhood in unincorporated El Paso County conducting surveillance in regard to an investigation into thefts from area construction sites.  A vehicle associated

On June 28, 2021, at approximately 7:21 AM, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center dispatched deputies to a Check the Welfare call in the 11000 block of Rodez Grove. Upon arrival, deputies found two deceased individuals.

On Friday, June 18, 2021, at approximately 1:56 PM, deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a bomb threat in the 9800 block of Rubicon Drive. 

On June 17, 2021, at approximately 4:12 PM, a deputy with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office located a wanted suspect in the 900 block of Widefield Drive located in Unincorporated El Paso County.