“I commend all the deputies involved in this extremely volatile situation for their patience, planning and thoughtful execution that led to the successful rescue of the victim and apprehension of this very dangerous individual.”Ī 49-year-old man was taken into custody following an investigation of a stabbing early Saturday. “It was very clear this suspect was not going to surrender peacefully,” said Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk Taylor. He is facing a charge of first-degree assault on a peace officer, three counts of second-degree assault, two counts of felony menacing, false imprisonment, criminal mischief, domestic violence, menacing and telephone obstruction. Turner was quickly apprehended and taken into custody. Everyone in the criminal justice system is trying to do the right thing, I just don't think we are firing on all cylinders.After several hours of negotiations, SWAT members learned where Turner was in the home and deployed SWAT tactics, forcing him to leave the residence. I think there are specific challenges this year that are making it a little more difficult. We had lower crime all three years for a total of 25% reduction over those three years. ![]() Our goal is to lower crime and from 2017-2019 we had done just that. Every day they come to work and work ten plus hours patrolling the streets of Pueblo trying to take people into custody who are committing violent crimes. It’s not something that typically happens to the average person just walking around and our police officers are committed to making the City of Pueblo as safe as we possibly can. Maybe they are into narcotics, maybe they’re into gang life. That may be an actual relationship, that may be in a relationship due to the business they run. K RDO: Is there anything you want to say to someone that may live in fear in Pueblo?Ĭhief Steven Noeller: One thing I can say is usually on a murder there is some kinda relationship between the person committing the crime and the victim of a crime. We need to do our part at the Pueblo Police Department and I think my officers are they are out there proactively right now as we speak looking for people that are committing crimes, targeting gang members who are committing crimes, so those are the things that we can and do focus on. What we need to do is work together to find solutions across the entire spectrum of the criminal justice system. But if they are going to bond out of jail, if they are going to be released out of prison back into the streets of Pueblo there is only so much we can do. Would that have an effect on our homicide rate? Potentially it could. Would I be able to do more things if I had more patrol officers? Absolutely, there’s no doubt. ![]() We are repeatedly arresting violent offenders who are carrying weapons and are using those weapons in offenses and putting them in jail when they happen. Is that hurting your ability to defend against violent crime?Ĭhief Steven Noeller: You just don’t ever know what the true causes of things are, or what I look at is what we are doing. KRDO: Pueblo Police is short about 24 patrol officers. ![]() We can do things with our narcotics unit to try and target drug use, and those things are things that we are doing. We can do things like having our CIS department go out and target gang members. We need to identify where the issues are and some of those issues are within our sphere of control and those are what we need to focus on. That is what I challenge our department to do all the time. KRDO: What can be done to directly address the homicide problem?Ĭhief Steven Noeller: There is always something we can do. Those numbers don't happen just because people are carrying more guns, although I think that is an issue, they happen because we have guys out there making those arrests. We have made 62 possession of a weapon by a previous offender arrests. We have officers that are dedicated to going out and dealing with gangs in particular and they do a really good job. We are arresting people that are doing violent things and putting them in jail, the trick is getting them to stay there. KRDO: Is there anything Pueblo Police can do to target gang violence?Ĭhief Steven Noeller: Yes, there are and there are things that we are doing. I don't think that is what we are dealing with here. It has happened in the past in different communities. KRDO: Do you know that any gang war is currently going on in Pueblo?Ĭhief Steven Noeller: No, I don't think we have any indication that there is a gang war going on.
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