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ICE agents rear-end, detain man at gas station in Colorado Springs; Domestic violence response protocol becomes law; Polis signs mobile home park protections bill KGNU News
ICE agents rear-end, detain man at gas station in Colorado Springs
Yesterday morning, one individual was detained by ICE at a gas station in Colorado Springs, near Cimarron and 8th Street. An unmarked ICE vehicle pulled into the gas station and rear-ended the man’s truck.
The Colorado Rapid Response Network (CORRN) reports that three to four more unmarked ICE vehicles followed. CORRN confirms that the driver was detained and says the passenger may have been detained as well.
CORRN has reported multiple instances of vehicular aggression by ICE agents over the last year. This appears to be a common tactic, increasingly used by ICE to detain community members.
More information and resources regarding ICE in Colorado can be found at colorado-rapid-response-network.com.
Domestic violence response protocol becomes law
Colorado law enforcement will soon be required to take new steps when responding to domestic violence calls.
Governor Jared Polis signed a bill into law yesterday, requiring police to ask a standardized set of questions meant to flag when a situation could turn deadly. If someone is identified as a high risk, officers will have to immediately connect them with a victim advocate.
Police will have to start following the new protocol next year. The state Attorney General’s Office will also be responsible for creating mandatory training for law enforcement on how to conduct the assessment.
This story was reported by the Colorado Capitol News Alliance.
Polis signs mobile home park protections bill
Residents in mobile home parks that want to buy the land are getting more help from the state.
Under a new law signed by Governor Polis yesterday, property owners who decide to sell will have to disclose things like inspection reports, rent data, and an explanation of the park’s price.
Supporters say the new law will help make sure residents are on an even playing field with other potential buyers. It builds on a 2022 law that gave residents the right of first refusal to buy their park if the owner decides to sell.
This story was reported by the Colorado Capitol News Alliance.
Drought & low snowpack pose significant fire danger this summer
The National Interagency Fire Center is predicting significant fire potential in western Colorado this summer.
This comes amid concern over wildfire readiness across the Rocky Mountain West, with snowpack hitting record lows, widespread drought, and chaos at federal land management agencies.
Analysis from the Center for Western Priorities shows a reduction of 35 percent in the acreage the Forest Service was able to treat for fire in 2025 from the year before.
That includes prescribed fires, mechanical thinning, and brush clearing.
Hugh Safford is a retired Forest Service ecologist who’s now with the University of California Davis.
He says climate change has shortened the windows for doing burns, especially in spring and fall shoulder seasons when prescribed fires usually happen.
“They are often either in the winter when everyone’s laid off, or they happen to be during the fire season in some part of the country where everyone is out on a fire and the preparedness level is right through the roof and you got nobody. And so one of the big issues is that, at least in the Forest Service, very few units actually have dedicated prescribed fire crews.”
He says that over the past 30 years, the Forest Service has shifted a lot of its budget into fire fighting at the expense of its other duties, like recreation management, wildlife habitat protection, and monitoring and research.
This story was reported by Rocky Mountain Community Radio.
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