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| Colorado DOC's slow response to Ebel's parole break reflects caseload |
| By denverpost.com - Kirk Mitchell, Tom McGhee and David Olinger |
| Published: 04/07/2013 |
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In Las Vegas, a parole officer arrives at an offender's doorstep within an hour after an ankle-monitor alarm sounds. In Michigan, a warrant is issued within two hours of an alarm. But in Colorado, it took five days for a parole officer to get to Evan Ebel's Commerce City house and find his discarded ankle bracelet, and six days to get a warrant issued for his arrest. Protocols for catching a runaway parolee in other states are driven by high-pressure guidelines on a round-the-clock timetable, so cutting an ankle bracelet is considered much like sawing through prison bars. That isn't the case in Colorado, where even the most dangerous parolees can slip off the radar for days without triggering any aggressive Read More. |
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