Posted on: June 8, 2022
The Grand Junction Police Department has made an arrest in relation to a missing person’s case from 2018. Richard Vandervelde, 54 of Grand Junction, CO, has been arrested and charged in the murder of his mother, Sylvia Frens.
On May 29, 2018, Syl...
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Police News
Posted on: April 25, 2022
Late Saturday night, April 23, 2022, officers were dispatched to a reported suspicious death at a hotel in the 700 Block of Horizon Drive. Upon arrival, officers found an adult male with apparent gun shot wounds. The male was deceased....
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Police News
Posted on: April 24, 2022
Late Saturday night, officers were dispatched to a reported suspicious death at a hotel in the 700 Block of Horizon Drive. Upon arrival, officers found an adult male with apparent gun shot wounds. The male was deceased. This ...
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Police News
Posted on: April 23, 2022
Detectives with the Grand Junction Police Department are investigating a shooting that occurred in the area of Horizon Drive in the early morning hours of April 23, 2022.
At approximately 3:00am, a reporting party called 9-1-1 to report multiple gunshots h...
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Police News
Posted on: April 21, 2022
Detectives with the Grand Junction Police Department are investigating a shooting that happened in the evening hours of April 20, 2022.
At approximately 9:45 p.m. officers with the Grand Junction Police Department responded to the 300 Block of Fairview Ave...
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Police News
Posted on: April 7, 2022
The Grand Junction Police Department is releasing the following information on behalf of the 21st Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT).
The 21st Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) has completed its investigation of...
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Police News
Posted on: March 31, 2022
Around 6:30am on Thursday, March 31st, officers with the Grand Junction Police Department were dispatched to a report of a burglary in progress at a residence in the 1600 Block of N. 16th Street. The reporting party stated that a subject had forc...
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Police News
Posted on: February 21, 2022
The Grand Junction Police Department is investigating the circumstances that lead up to a “shots fired” call earlier this morning.
Shortly before 10am, officers with the Grand Junction Police Department responded to an apartme...
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Police News
Posted on: February 7, 2022
The Grand Junction Police Department is releasing the following information on behalf of the 21st Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT).
On Thursday, February 3, 2022, a trooper with the Colorado State Patrol initiated a traff...
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Police News
Posted on: February 4, 2022
The Grand Junction Police Department is releasing the following information on behalf of the 21st Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team.
Shortly after 10:30pm on Thursday, February 3rd, a trooper with the Colorado State Patrol initiated a traff...
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Police News
Posted on: December 15, 2021
Women change the culture.
That’s the concept with which the Grand Junction Police department is leading our newest recruiting campaign to attract exceptional law enforcement applicants to serve this great city.
The Grand Junction Police Department is consta...
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Police News
Posted on: November 17, 2021
On November 16, 2021, around 10:00pm officers with the Grand Junction Police Department responded to 760 26 ½ Road on a report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers found an adult male with a stab wound in his chest/abdomen area. This male was transported...
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Police News
Posted on: November 8, 2021
It's been a while!
The Grand Junction Police Department is inviting community members to join their local police officers for a cup of coffee and conversation at our Coffee with a Cop event. There will be no speeches, and no agenda is pl...
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Police News
Posted on: October 29, 2021
The Grand Junction Police Department is continuing their investigation into the cause and manner of a motorcycle vs. vehicle collision that resulted in a fatality.
Shortly before 4:30 p.m. on October 29, multiple calls came into the Grand Junction Regional...
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Police News
Posted on: October 27, 2021
The Grand Junction Police Department is taking a proactive approach this weekend on traffic enforcement.
From the hours of 5 p.m. until 11 p.m. on Friday, October 29 the Grand Junction Police Department Traffic Unit, along with the Special Invest...
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Police News
Posted on: October 14, 2021
Last month, the Grand Junction Police Department responded to the 400 block of Chuluota Avenue after a reporting party called 9-1-1 stating they heard gunshots from inside the residence. When officers arrived, they secured the scene, set up a perimeter, a...
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Police News
Posted on: October 1, 2021
The Grand Junction Police Department has implemented the use of drone technology to enhance the department’s mission of protecting lives and property; An asset that officers say will be extremely beneficial when other means and resources are not...
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Police News
Posted on: September 27, 2021
The driver of a motorized scooter that was involved in a traffic crash this afternoon has died.
Just after 4:00pm on Monday afternoon, the Grand Junction Regional Communication Center received calls to 9-1-1 reporting a crash involving a motorize...
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Police News
Posted on: September 22, 2021
Forensic Science Week, acknowledged September 19-25 throughout the United States, recognizes the important role forensic science plays in the investigation of crimes, from exonerating the innocent to identifying the guilty. This week recognizes ...
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Police News
Posted on: September 8, 2021
We’re pleased to introduce the newest leaders at the Grand Junction Police Department! After a competitive process, these four officers were recently promoted to a variety of supervisory positions in our agency.
Commander Douglas Norcross has ser...
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Police News
Posted on: September 3, 2021
The Grand Junction Police Department has once again achieved professional accreditation from the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP). Our department first achieved CACP accreditation in 1996, and undergoes a required review process e...
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Police News
Posted on: July 27, 2021
National Night Out is just one week away!
National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out e...
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Police News
Posted on: July 11, 2021
One Grand Junction police officer discharged his duty weapon in the officer involved shooting that took place on Friday, June 25, 2021, at the Advanced Medicine Pavilion building of SCL Health St. Mary’s located at 750 Wellington Avenue in Grand...
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Police News
Posted on: July 10, 2021
After spending the afternoon searching for a missing child, the Grand Junction Police Department can confirm that the report of a kidnapping was false.
Officers with the Grand Junction Police Department were dispatched to a report of stolen vehicle from 29...
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Police News
Posted on: June 25, 2021
One person is deceased after a single vehicle crash at 12th Street and Belford Avenue.
Officers with the Grand Junction Police Department were dispatched to the area at 9:04pm and found a sedan that had collided with a utility pole after striking a parked ...
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Police News
Posted on: March 9, 2021
As your police chief, I believe it’s important to ensure that the citizens we serve are kept informed about crime within our community. For this reason, I’d like to convey some policing challenges we’ve been facing ...
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Police News
Posted on: March 7, 2021
The Grand Junction Police Department is releasing the following preliminary information on behalf of the 21st Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT).
All officer-involved shootings in Mesa County are investigated by the 21st Judicial Dist...
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