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Two Rifle Police Department officers had a badge-pinning ceremony at the Rifle City Council meeting on Nov. 15. Officer Kyle Green was promoted to corporal and Officer Mike Pruitt was promoted to sergeant.  “I’m very...

Anyone wanting or needing to offer praise, register security cameras or submit an anonymous tip to the Rifle Police Department can now do so online. The department announced on Wednesday it has made these new...

An elderly Rifle woman is accused of pointing a shotgun at children playing in the King’s Crown Mobile Park on Sunday evening. According to one child’s parents and the Rifle Police Department, the suspect was...

Rifle's police chief is making history.

Rifle's police chief is making history.

Rifle Police Chief Deb Funston has become the first female president of the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police. The association recently hosted their annual conference in Estes Park. She told the Post Independent that...

Garfield County Public Defender Elise Myer argued in district court Thursday that her client’s hand was not on his handgun when a Rifle Police officer and a Garfield County Sheriff’s deputy shot him. “I don’t...

Mesa County’s top two law enforcement agencies saw changes at the top in 2022.

A Rifle business owner says burglars who carried out a “smash-and-grab”-style theft last week made out with up to $20,000 worth of equipment. Action Shop Services, a Rifle business of 40 years that specializes in...

A Rifle man was taken to Grand Junction for medical treatment after he was shot by officers responding to a disturbance in the 400 block of Munro Avenue early Saturday morning, Police Chief Deb Funston...