Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn had Pearl Street security on high alert Wednesday as local religious leaders and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis held a vigil recognizing Sunday’s Molotov cocktail attack.
“We had snipers, we have a drone, drone team, we have SWAT guys. We have just a lot of uniform presence,” Redfearn said.
To address safety concerns from the community moving forward, Your Boulder County Reporter Sarah Horbacewicz asked how the chief plans to prevent future mass violence events in the city.
“We’ve learned, and what I’ve learned, is you can never guarantee, with all the safety and security and all the cops in the world, we can’t ever guarantee that something’s going to be 100% safe,” he said, and added: “Our goal when that happens … is to minimize that impact. The guy had 16 other devices that he didn’t throw.”…