How to report a crime to Fort Collins Police Services
Depending on the situation, there are several ways to report a crime to Fort Collins police.
- A car chase in Fort Collins ended after deputies performed a PIT maneuver on the suspect’s vehicle, according to Larimer County Sheriff’s Office.
- The sheriff’s office says two suspects fled on foot into a nearby neighborhood, prompting a shelter-in-place alert for residents.
Three people were arrested after a car chase and resulting foot pursuit left residents of a west Fort Collins neighborhood sheltering in place early in the morning Jan. 16.
Just before 2 a.m., Larimer County Sheriff’s Office deputies tried to stop a vehicle for traffic violations and suspected DUI near Peterson Street and East Mulberry Street in Fort Collins, according to LCSO Public Information Director Kate Kimble.
Kimble said the driver refused to stop, continued driving west at high speeds and eluded deputies for several miles.
Deputies performed a precision immobilization technique, or PIT, maneuver to stop the vehicle and it crashed on South Overland Trail. The driver and multiple occupants got out, Kimble said, and while two people were detained near the vehicle, two others ran into a nearby neighborhood east of South Overland Trail and north of Drake Road.
Deputies, as well as Fort Collins Police Services and CSU Police, set up a perimeter and searched the area. A Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority, or LETA, emergency alert was sent out to area residents just before 2:30 a.m. They were told to lock their doors and windows, take shelter and remain inside their homes.
Kimble said the pair was ultimately found hiding in a garage on Morgan Court in Fort Collins’ Brown Farm neighborhood. Three of the four individuals from the vehicle were arrested on charges related to the incident as well as existing warrants, Kimble said.
All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. Arrests and charges are merely accusations by law enforcement until, and unless, a suspect is convicted of a crime.
