The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office broke ground on its new substation near Falcon on Friday morning after years of dramatic growth in unincorporated parts of the county.
The planned substation on Royal County Down Road will be the first full-service substation for the sheriff’s office. Sheriff Joe Roybal said the new building is “long overdue,” as calls for service to unincorporated parts of the county have increased nearly 50% over the last decade.
“Right now, 100% of patrol division works out of downtown Colorado Springs, so once they leave Colorado Springs, it takes upwards of 35 minutes to get to our area of coverage. And for me, that’s just a waste of time,” said Sheriff Roybal…