Details on disbanding: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office will police Morrison for foreseeable future

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Details on disbanding: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office will police Morrison for foreseeable future
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Colette Bordelon is a reporter with Denver7.

MORRISON, Colo. — In early December, the Morrison Board of Trustees decided to disband the Morrison Police Department beginning Jan. 1, 2025.The small town that Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre calls home will be policed by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for the foreseeable future. Morrison Mayor Chris Wolfe and Jefferson County Sheriff Reggie Marinelli sat down with reporters on Monday to discuss the new contract they have agreed upon.

So we're going to re-look at the budget and make sure that we can allocate things properly.”An automated radar camera in Morrison issued more than 10,000 tickets in its first two weeks of operation this year. That breaks down to about a ticket a minute. For comparison, Morrison PD issued a total of 1,700 speeding citations in 2023. Each ticket is $40, meaning the camera brought in more than $400,000 during that two-week period.

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