To:   Mayor Steve Carver

Mayor Pro‐tem Dick Mayne

Council Member Pam Shultz

Council Member Gary Lebo

Council Member Tom Edwards

          Council Member Chris Estes    

Council Member Beric Christiansen  

Town Manager Jeff Shroll

2014 Eagle County Sheriff’s Office Executive summary

The following is provided to the Town of Gypsum by the Eagle County

Sheriff’s Office in regards to Law Enforcement activities in the Town of

Gypsum throughout the year of 2014.  

In 2014 Eagle County Sheriff’s Office (Deputies) were dispatched to

1,998 calls for service within the Town of Gypsum. In comparison, for

2013 the total number of dispatched calls for service was 1,864. This

was a 1.07 percent increase from 2013 to 2014. In 2012 the total

number of dispatch call was 2,164.  
  

The Eagle County Sheriff’s Office handled a total of 12,000 calls for

service in 2014 in the Town of Gypsum accounting for 17% of the total

calls for service for the ECSO.  

The three deputies directly assigned to the town handled 35 percent of

the calls for service in the town during 2014. A total of 31 other

deputies handled the other 65 percent of the calls for service.  

In 2014 there were 4,514 Law Enforcement activities initiated by

deputies within the Town of Gypsum. These activities included but

were not limited to business checks, school related events, and traffic

stops. Gypsum assigned Deputies were responsible for 46% of the self‐

initiated calls for service.

The attached document entitled “ECSO Initiated calls by event type”

shows that Gypsum had a total of 4,973 initiated calls for service;

however, 459 of the calls were determined to not be within the Town

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limits of Gypsum so they were removed, making the total of Initiated

calls in Gypsum at 4,517.  

In 2014, deputies completed 518 incident reports for matters within

the Town of Gypsum in 2014. This accounts for 24 percent of the total

incidents reports completed for all of Eagle County. Gypsum assigned

Deputies handled 39 percent of that case load within the Town.  An

incident report is completed to document a situation for either

information or criminal purposes.

The highest reported crime in 2014 within the Town of Gypsum was

Theft with a total of 48 incidents. There were 42 reports regarding

Harassment completed and 34 Criminal Mischief’s reports completed in

2014. In comparison the highest reported crime in 2013 within the

Town of Gypsum was harassment, with 48 incidents reported. In 2012

the highest reported crime was theft with 42 incident reports

completed.

Deputies handled 71 traffic crashes within the Town of Gypsum, 40 of

which occurred on town streets. Cooley Mesa Road had the most

crashes on it with 6, Valley Road and Highway 6 both had 4.  The others

were spread out around town.  Additionally there were 31 crashes on

private property, such as Eagle Valley High School and Costco parking

lots. The Sheriff’s Office showed an (57%) increase in traffic crash

investigations from 2013.  
In 2014 Deputies conducted 1,222 traffic stops within the Town of

Gypsum. There were 325 citations written by Deputies into Gypsum

Municipal Court for a variety of traffic infractions and parking issues.  

Deputies handled 504 parking related issues within the Town of

Gypsum with 47 parking citations written.  

In comparison, in 2013 Deputies conducted 1,205 traffic stops with 362

citations written into Gypsum Municipal Court. There was a 1.4 percent

increase in traffic stops from 2013 to 2014; however 2014 showed an

11.4 percent decrease in citations written into Gypsum Municipal

Court.  

Attached “Property loss value in Gypsum”, you will notice that the

dollar amount for Stolen/Ect. is $46,353.20. This value is an estimate,

and is obtained typically by the victim giving the deputy an estimated

dollar amount of items stolen. Under the

Destroyed/Damaged/Vandalized portion of this report it shows total of

Gypsum Streets

47% Private Property

36%

Cooley Mesa Rd

7%

Valley Rd

5%

Hwy 6

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Traffic Crashes
$25,414.00. Once again this is an estimated amount of loss when

Deputies are completing their reports.  

The estimated recovered amount of $15,495.64 is property that was

stolen and recovered and returned to the owner.

The Sheriff’s Office received two grants from the Colorado Department

of Transportation to conduct strict enforcement for seat belt usage. The

first enforcement period was from March 31 to April 6, 2014. The

second enforcement period was from May 12 to May 25, 2014. These

grants included enforcement within the town limits of Gypsum and the

citations written were written into the Municipal Court.   

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Estimated Property Loss Value in Gypsum

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Master Deputy Degen has attended countless school events in 2014

and has taught classes in such related topics as Health, Business law,

Government to name a few. Master Deputy Degen assisted the Eagle

County School District with security surveys of the school building

within the district and continues working to keep our students safe

while at school.

Gypsum assigned deputies worked several community events in the

Town during 2014.  Some of these events included Gypsum Daze, The

Dirty Dozen, El Grito festival, Camp 911 and Bicycle Rodeo, SIDNE

(Simulated Impaired Driving Experience). Approximately 15 Deputies

and 150 man hours were spent working these events.  

In April and September 2014 Master Deputy Mosness manned the Take

Back Drugs booth at Costco. In April Master Deputy Mosness collected

14 pounds of unused prescription drugs. In September Master Deputy

Mosness collected 21 pounds of unused prescription drugs. A total of 8

hours were spent manning the Take Back Drugs booth.

On August 5th 2014, Eagle County Sheriff's Office presented the

National Night Out event at the Gypsum Recreation Center. Ten

Deputies, including the three Gypsum Deputies, served approximately

270 hot dogs and had a great time talking with the citizens of Gypsum

and western Eagle County. Approximately 30 man  hours was put into

this event.  

The Detective Division of the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office assisted with

or handled cases in Gypsum throughout the year dealing with but not

limited to drugs, sexual assaults, child abuse, and death investigations.  

Detectives completed two liquor stings in Gypsum during 2014.  
Detectives also keep the County’s registered sexual offenders program

running and keep the website up to date for the citizens of Eagle

County.  

Detectives assisted with several major crimes that occurred within the

Town of Gypsum. February 2014 Aggravated motor vehicle theft,

robbery and felony menacing, an estimated 125 man hours were spent

investigating and following up on leads regarding this case. The suspect

was sentenced to the Colorado Department of Corrections.  

During the May 2014 Homicide, an estimated 300 man hours was used

investigating, following up on leads. The Juvenile offender was

sentenced to the Colorado Department of Corrections.  

Regarding the October 2014 Fatal traffic crash in Buckhorn Valley

neighborhood approximately 40 man hours was used to assist patrol in

this case. No criminal charges have been filed in this case.  

Detectives assisted patrol deputies on several fire calls in the Gypsum

area throughout the 2014 calendar year.  

Part of the contractual fees that the Town of Gypsum pays the Eagle

County Sheriff’s Office goes towards the Vail Public Safety

Communication Center. Gypsum was responsible for an estimated

$106,426.25 of the total $533,264 (20%) the Sheriff's Office paid for

2014*.  

The formula that is used to determine how much each of the 13

agencies is charged is based on the total units dispatched. Two

Deputies go on a business check at Costco and that counts as two

dispatched units for billing purposes. Included in the dispatch fee are

dispatcher wages, mobile data computer IT support, air cards, and

records management software.
*All activity within the Gypsum area is included in the illustrative

breakdown from dispatch. Some of this is not in the town proper and

some is Sheriff’s Office activity (civil papers) only.  

The Eagle County Sheriff’s continues to provide the highest level of

service to the citizens and guests of Gypsum and Eagle County.

See attachments for further information supporting this document.   

Report completed by Master Deputy Heath Mosness