{"id":1319098,"date":"2020-03-26T11:45:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T17:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=995047"},"modified":"2020-03-26T11:45:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T17:45:04","slug":"garco-sheriff-still-on-patrol-while-facilities-are-closed-to-public-vin-inspection-suspensions-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/garco-sheriff-still-on-patrol-while-facilities-are-closed-to-public-vin-inspection-suspensions-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"GarCo sheriff still on patrol while facilities are closed to public; VIN inspection suspensions extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-Garfield-County-News-2-Small-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Post Independent Garfield County news graphic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-Garfield-County-News-2-Small-2.jpg 691w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/PI-Garfield-County-News-2-Small-2-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Coronavirus pandemic is no excuse to break the law.<\/p>\n<p>In a news release Thursday, the Garfield County Sheriff\u2019s Office stressed that deputies are still on patrol \u201cenforcing normal traffic laws in accordance with Colorado laws for motor vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolators may expect Deputies to take appropriate action, issuing a summons\/ticket or when necessary making an arrest,\u201d the release states. \u201cDeputies will take action based on the seriousness of the violation and in alignment with the health, safety and welfare of the other residents of Garfield County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The temporary closure of administrative offices at the county annex in Rifle has not affected the \u201cday-to-day operations\u201d of deputies on patrol, the release adds.<\/p>\n<p>VIN inspections will also remain suspended until at least April 17. Garfield County Public Health will reassess at that time whether it\u2019s safe for VIN inspections to begin again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/garco-sheriff-still-on-patrol-while-facilities-are-closed-to-public-vin-inspection-suspensions-extended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coronavirus pandemic is no excuse to break the law. In a news release Thursday, the Garfield County Sheriff\u2019s Office stressed that deputies are still on patrol \u201cenforcing normal traffic laws in accordance with Colorado laws for motor vehicles.\u201d \u201cViolators may expect Deputies to take appropriate action, issuing a summons\/ticket or when necessary making an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1319098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 06:48:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}