On Sunday, July 22, 2018, at approximately 6:45 AM, the Sheriff's Office received a call of a shooting. Deputies responded to a local hospital where they learned a victim was shot and another was deceased in the 12,000 block of Highway 94.

Sheriff Bill Elder has ordered Stage I Fire Restrictions for all of the unincorporated areas of El Paso County.  The Stage I Fire Restrictions shall go into effect immediately and the following are prohibited:

On January 1, 2018, House Bill 17-1220 concerning measures to stop diversion of legal marijuana to the illegal market was enacted into law.  One of Sheriff Bill Elder’s top priorities is to eradicate black-market marijuana and the illegal marijuana grows in El Paso County.

On July 2, 2018, at approximately 12:20 pm, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a Motor Vehicle Theft in Progress in the 9000 block of Rampart Range Road.

On Sunday, July 1, 2018, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office will deploy an inaugural co-responder, patrol unit called the Behavioral Health Connect Unit or BHCON (pronounced Beacon).  It was previously named Project CURB.  The BHCON unit pairs an El Paso County Sheriff's Deputy with a Licensed

We would like to wish every citizen in El Paso County a safe and happy Fourth of July.  Hopefully this holiday will pass without any serious injuries or incidents tainting its enjoyment.

On Friday, June 22, 2018, Stephanie Gangemi, Behavioral Health Programs Manager of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office was awarded the Seidenberg Prize.   The Seidenberg Paper Prize recognizes individuals for their written psychoanalytic perspective on problems within prisons that affect the me

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance locating Jane Mudder, DOB: 07/15/62.  Jane was last seen by her landlord on Saturday, May 5, 2018, in the Cascade Area. 

On June 21, 2018, at approximately 5:18 am, a structure fire was reported at a mobile home in the Springs Mobile Home Community, located at 1095 Western Dr.  Members of the Cimarron Hills Fire Department responded and, after extinguishing the fire, discovered a deceased individual inside the re

Sheriff's Office and Colorado Springs Police Department Support Special Olympics in Annual Torch Run