After we requested Sheriff Reigenborn whether or not a current experience alongside throughout a pursuit violated his personal division’s coverage, we have been informed the sheriff was too busy.
BRIGHTON, Colo. — Adams County’s Democratic Sheriff Rick Reigenborn is operating for re-election.
He’s eluding our questions on his choice to affix a automobile chase, livestream it and preserve chasing when different deputies mentioned it was too harmful to proceed.
It isn’t powerful to see how that might have turned out tragically.
What’s tragic, in line with the sheriff’s workplace, is that we preserve asking about it.
Reigenborn livestreamed being on patrol on January 29. He had a ride-along passenger with him.
Through the livestream, he joined a pursuit in an unmarked automobile with a passenger. That pursuit was six-and-a-half miles away.
The sheriff’s workplace ride-along coverage 404.3 states: “Deputies ought to use sound discretion when encountering a doubtlessly harmful scenario, resembling a high-speed pursuit. If practicable, the participant must be set free of the automobile in a protected, well-lighted place. The dispatcher will probably be suggested of the scenario and as quickly as practicable have one other sheriff’s unit reply to choose up the participant at that location. The ride-along could also be continued or terminated right now.”
Not solely was the passenger not dropped off, however additionally they helped direct the Sheriff throughout the pursuit.
The sheriff’s workplace pursuit coverage 307.4 states: “Distinctively marked patrol autos ought to exchange unmarked autos concerned in a pursuit every time practicable.”
We requested the sheriff’s workplace quite a few questions concerning the pursuit insurance policies and the ride-along passenger.
On Wednesday, a sheriff’s workplace spokesman replied:
“We won’t present any additional feedback on this story and as an alternative hope you’ll spend time specializing in the good work being finished by regulation enforcement officers right here in Adams County and throughout Colorado.”
The spokesman did say that the ride-along passenger was Tim Sheley, who was previously within the radio enterprise.
We now have been unable to discover a Tim Sheley, however we now have discovered a Tim Shiely who additionally goes by “Scooter McGee,” and calls himself a “‘retired’ broadcaster.”
Shiely/McGee is a conservative conspiracy theorist who has prompt mass shootings have been actually authorities operations and that public well being orders have been to usher in martial regulation.
Shiely/McGee has not returned a number of voicemails and textual content messages.
We needed to find out about his involvement with the Sheriff’s Workplace, among the many questions we requested once we have been informed to spend time specializing in the good work being finished by regulation enforcement.
The Sheriff’s Workplace spokesman mentioned in an e-mail on Thursday afternoon that the pursuit was reviewed “and was discovered to be inside our coverage.”
