Arap County Perimeter

[jimmnn]

Anyone else monitor the Cherry Hills home invasion burglary last night? Started about 0300 and I know they still had the perimeter set up about 0535hrs

Occured at a house on South Columbine Way just south of East Floyd Ave right on the SW corner of Wellshire golf course, ACSO deputies cleared the house with DPD units holding the perimeter and early on the Denver dispatcher asked on 460.425 if they could move it to Blue SE and the ACSO dispatcher asked the Sgt onscene and she said no "that will kill our radio coverage" so ops contined completely seperate one on EDACS and one on DTRS.

ACSO also refused to use Denver K-9 which was onscene and instead elected to wait for there's while they were waiting a DPD unit on the perimeter noticed a guy dressed in black hiding in the bushes a foot pursuit began north on South Filmore I believe it was and that suspect was taken into custody with a struggle (amb reg code 9 for the bad guy) but all the cover for that DPD officer was provided by other DPD officers because they could not "get a hold" of the ACSO units in a timely manner to advise them they were in a foot pursuit.

Then right in the middle of the incident Westminster proceeds with there 0400hrs test of Itac but only like 20% of the dispatch centers answered anyways.

Perimeter remained and ACSO dog started out across the golf course on a track but don't believe they ever located the 2nd suspect.

Interagency relationships at work.

Jim<

 

[captaincraig44]

Did ACSO and DPD utilize ITAC at all during the incident?
I don't understand the Sgt's logic about Blue SW "killing the radio coverage". Regardless of what TG your officers are talking on, they are still transmitting and receiving from the same tower. If they can talk unit to unit and unit to dispatch on Main, then they will have no problem with comms (as far as reception goes) on Blue SW TG. Granted the audio is not always intelligible on those mutual aid patched TG's, but it sure would have expedited the interagency comms.

 

[abqscan]

Its a pissing contest... but they are both facing into the wind????

 

[jimmnn]

Did ACSO and DPD utilize ITAC at all during the incident?
I don't understand the Sgt's logic about Blue SW "killing the radio coverage". Regardless of what TG your officers are talking on, they are still transmitting and receiving from the same tower. If they can talk unit to unit and unit to dispatch on Main, then they will have no problem with comms (as far as reception goes) on Blue SW TG. Granted the audio is not always intelligible on those mutual aid patched TG's, but it sure would have expedited the interagency comms.

No ITAC use either, both remained exclusively on there own systems.

Indeed we know how the patch would have helped and even the Denver dispatcher knew it should be done, but ACSO Sgt who was in command of the incident elected not too.

And what's sad it that decision could have affected officer safety.

Jim<