ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. — Local law enforcement agencies are stepping up fireworks patrols across the Denver metro area to help keep neighborhoods safe. That includes the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO), which is enhancing its patrols for firework-related calls and complaints.
ACSO has added four deputies each night through Saturday, July 5, to look for illegal activity in neighborhoods and respond to complaints.
On the Fourth of July, Denver7 tagged along with Deputy Sheriff Rick Young, who is a part of the team on the additional patrols.
“Safety and fire prevention go hand in hand, especially in my eyes,” Young told Denver7. “Fires can start in the metro area. Fires can start out on the plains side of where we patrol. You know, we have fires start from hot trash cans after a fun family night, and we don’t want to see that this year.”…