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Law Enforcement - Sheriff Bruce Newman

Huerfano County Sheriff Office
500 South Albert Street
Walsenburg, CO 81089

EMERGENCY: 911
Non-Emergency: (719) 738-1044
Office: (719) 738-1600
Jail: (719) 738-1740

At the November 8, 2016 Regular Election the voters of Walsenburg determined that the City of Walsenburg should be required to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with Huerfano County requiring the Sheriff "to provide any and all reasonable and necessary law enforcement services within the municipal boundaries. The ballot issue required this change to take place on January 1, 2017.

Initiated Question 300

Without raising taxes, shall the City of Walsenburg, a Colorado statutory city, be required to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with Huerfano County, Colorado which would require the sheriff for Huerfano County to provide any and all reasonable and necessary law enforcement services within the municipal boundaries of the City of Walsenburg, said inter-governmental agreement to include all necessary terms and conditions as agreed to by each entity beginning January 1, 2017

YES - 734 (52.43%)
NO - 666 (47.57%)

The Walsenburg Police Department was subsequently dissolved and the enforcement of criminal violations within the City limits is conducted by the Huerfano County Sheriff's Office pursuant to a Law Enforcement IGA.