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Sheriff, police block radios Law enforcement agencies encrypt in Douglas County BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Emma Smith, 3, has her first-ever interaction with a horse during the Highlands Ranch Mansion Christmas celebration Dec. 7 She asked Santa for “Frozen”-themed bubbles, her parents said. PHOTOS BY ELLIOTT WENZLER
Santa visits Highlands Ranch Kris Kringle and his elves listened as children shared their Christmas wishes A child attending the Nov. 7 Highlands Ranch Mansion holiday celebration sits in Santa’s lap and tells him his Christmas wishes.
BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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Villagio of Broomfield offers hildren and parents lined up and eagerly awaited a spacious memory support Santa’s arrival in a South community with an abundance Metro Fire Rescue truck during the Highlands Ranch Manofcelebration natural light, designed to sion holiday Dec. 7. Santa climbed out ofa the truck, provide connected, active greeted the crowd and gave some andChristmas purpose-filled life. reminders on the season. “The most important thing to Offering Respite or is Short-term stays those SEE for SANTA, P6
Douglas County law enforcement radios faded from public access early this month. Channels once available for anyone to hear now broadcast a stream of garbled talk and indistinguishable chatter that sporadically break up stretches of otherwise silent airwaves. The agencies’ channels are officially encrypted, a move law enforcement leaders say is intended to shield citizens’ private information from public dissemination and to protect officers. It is part of a trend among first responders along the Front Range and nation — a trend that has raised alarms among media experts. Just to the north of Douglas County, the Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office and at least some local police departments in the county plan to encrypt by mid-January, a spokeswoman for the sheriff ’s office confirmed. In nearby Denver and Aurora, police departments have already blocked scanner access. The Castle Rock, Parker and Lone
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