Lyle Wohlers Law Enforcement Luncheon
Press Release
The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office, together with the Colorado State Patrol, the Georgetown Police Department and the Idaho Springs Police Department will be hosting this year’s 2015 Lyle Wohlers Law Enforcement Luncheon, honoring all police officers that serve and protect Clear Creek County. Every officer who serves in the county is recognized and honored for his or her work to protect our community. In addition, one officer is honored for going above and beyond the call of duty and presented with the Lyle Wohlers’ Officer of the Year Award.
This prestigious award is in honor of Colorado State Patrol Technician Lyle Wohlers, who proudly served for 26 years in the Colorado State Patrol. Trooper Wohlers was brutally killed during a “routine” traffic stop near Georgetown, Colorado in 1992.
In addition to honoring the law enforcement officers who protect our communities, citizens in the community who encourage and support the efforts to keep our communities safe and crime free are also recognized.
Nominations
The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office is currently accepting nominations for Officer of the Year and Citizen of the Year.
The law enforcement officer selection committee is looking for nominations of law enforcement officers who, in addition to spending countless hours in their regular duties, go above and beyond and spend their own time to participate in their communities. These are the men and women who have a passion for community and spend a good deal of their own time developing community relations, teaching, helping improve good will in the communities, working with kids, the elderly or volunteering. The same officers who often give of their free time to further the safety and security of our communities.
The citizen selection committee is looking for citizens who encourage and support our law enforcement officers. They work to inform the community of the efforts of law enforcement by providing prevention and education activities. They are the ones who provide resources and time to our officers and rescue groups and work to make everyone’s lives better.
To nominate someone for these prestigious awards, please contact the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office at (303) 679-2376, to turn in nomination forms.
Nominations must be received by Monday, April 25, 2016.
2019 Nomination Form - Officer of the Year
2019 Nomination Form - Citizen of the Year
2020 Nomination Form - Officer of the Year
2020 Nomination Form - Citizen of the Year
Colorado Resident ID’s
Any resident of Colorado can obtain a Colorado Identification Card. As new federal travel laws will require a “REAL ID” as of October 1, 2020 ( https://www.dhs.gov/real-id ), it is recommended that all residents of all ages obtain REAL ID’s from their local states of residence. Colorado’s ID’s qualify as REAL ID’s per federal regulations, meaning multiple forms of identification and address verification are required to obtain a Colorado ID or driver’s license.
It is recommended that even juveniles and minors under the age of 18 obtain an ID. Colorado driver’s license and identification card requirements and information can be found online at https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dmv/identification-card .
Benefits for children having an ID include assistance with travel, identification of a lost child, emergency contact information for parents, and simply the factor of your child having reserved an earlier number that carries on to a driver’s license number. If young children get separated from their parents and may not know phone numbers or their address, the child could tell law enforcement their name and an officer can locate their information through the Colorado DMV database. In addition to their address, you can provide emergency contact information for law enforcement to contact the parents via phone. As children get older, they will need a REAL ID for TSA Travel requirements. Obtaining a REAL ID now rather than later in a rush is easier. Parents, your child will likely equate this to a driver’s license. Many parents have used this to as a driver’s license for bicycles, battery operated drivable toy cars, skateboards, and more. Therefore, if the child is not learning to conduct themselves in a safe manor, you have the parental authority to take away their toys and driving privilege!
Junk Vehicles, Abandoned Vehicles, and Parking Issues in Town
Town Ordinance 255 highlights:
Article I. Section 3. (4) Each and every day, or portion thereof, that this Ordinance is violated, or permitted to be violated, shall be a separate offense, and such offenses shall be prosecuted accordingly.
Section 5 (1. Abandoned Vehicles) 1.2 Any vehicle left unattended on public property, including any portion of a street, highway or right-of-way open to the general use of the public within the Town limits, for a period of seventy-two (72) hours or longer…..
2. “Junk Vehicle” means any vehicle not able to lawfully travel, under its own power, on public streets and highways in the State of Colorado. A vehicle shall be presumed to be a junk vehicle if any of the following conditions are met;
2.1 No current license plate or registration is displayed on such vehicle; or
2.2 The vehicle or parts thereof, is placed upon jacks, blocks, chains or other supports not necessary for normal operation of such vehicle; or
2.3 There is an absence of one or more parts of the vehicle necessary for the lawful operation of the vehicle upon the streets and highways.
Article III, Section 4. (2. Parking) Parking in excess of seventy-two hours
1. It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a vehicle to leave that vehicle parked in the same place on a public street continuously for a period in excess of seventy-two (72) hours. A vehicle shall be considered in violation of this subsection if it has not been moved at least one hundred (100) feet during the seventy-two-hour period of time, except as provided in subsection 2.3 below.
2. It shall be unlawful for the owner of a junk or abandoned vehicle, as defined in this Ordinance, to leave such vehicle parked on any public street in the Town of Empire for a period in excess of seventy-two (72) hours, regardless of location. The seventy-two-hour time limit includes the cumulative time spent on any public street in the Town of Empire. Junk or abandoned vehicles in violation of this section are subject to tow.
3. Personal vehicles may be parked on public streets directly adjacent to the dwelling occupied by the owner of the vehicle, unless posted parking signs designate otherwise. The lawful parking of recreational vehicles on public streets is addressed in Section 4, section 1.4, below.
4. Any vehicle left on a public street, not adjacent to the owner’s house, for more than 72 hours, will be considered abandoned.