S.P.E.A.R
The Detectives Division is augmented with personnel assigned to the multi-agency Special Problems Enforcement & Response Team (SPEAR). TRIDENT and TAG combined to form SPEAR in late 2022. This special unit is comprised of sworn law enforcement officers from Rifle PD, Garfield County Sheriff's Office, and Glenwood Springs Police Department.
SPEAR focuses on drug and vice-type offenses. "Crimes against Persons" such as homicide, robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, suspicious death, and other felony assaults. The Unit also handles other responsibilities including monitoring and suppressing gang activity, drug interdiction, fugitive apprehension, and conducting human trafficking investigations
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