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Victim of officer-involved shooting dies
Dec 30th
BOULDER COUNTY– At approximately 8:35 a.m. this morning Boulder County Communications received a call for a welfare check at a residence in the 8300 block of North 95th Street, Boulder County.
Deputies arrived at approximately 8:45 a.m. and spoke with two women in the residence. They were directed to a bedroom where one of the woman indicated her 44-year-old son had been for the past several days. She said he had made some veiled suicidal statements, but indicated he did not have access to weapons.
As the deputies spoke to the man he displayed a hand gun. He was shot by one of the deputies. After rendering medical assistance on scene the victim was airlifted by Med Evac Air Ambulance to Denver General Hospital where he was taken into surgery.
The Boulder County Multi Agency Critical Incident Investigation Team comprised of detectives and District Attorney’s Office representatives will investigate the incident. Per Sheriff’s Office procedures the Deputy involved in the shooting will be placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. The name of the Deputy and the shooting victim are not currently being released.
(UPDATE) BOULDER COUNTYV
The Boulder County Coroner’s Office is now assisting in the investigation and the Coroner will release the name of the decedent once they determine all family members have been notified.
Case number 13-6910
Boulder Weather UPDATE on wind storm and snow: winds may subside at 9:00pm Story:
Feb 22nd
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Tonight: A 40 percent chance of snow after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 20 to 23 mph decreasing to between 11 and 14 mph. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
High Wind Warning
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
350 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012
…HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND
OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THIS EVENING…
.THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM OVER COLORADO WILL CONTINUE
PRODUCING INTENSE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS WHICH WILL KEEP
STRONG WINDS BLOWING ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE INTO TONIGHT. GUSTS
OF 70 TO 90 MPH OCCURRED DURING THE AFTERNOON. TREES HAVE BEEN
BLOWN DOWN IN THE BOULDER AREA AND TRUCKS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OVER ON
SOME FRONT RANGE ROADWAYS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING
BOULDER…THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF FORT COLLINS…LOVELAND…AND
THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF DENVER. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED…
ALTHOUGH A FEW WIND PRONE AREAS COULD SEE GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH.
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FORT COLLINS…HEREFORD…LOVELAND…
NUNN…ARVADA…BOULDER…GOLDEN…LAKEWOOD…LONGMONT
350 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012
…HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY…
* TIMING…PERIODS OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT.
WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS
THE AREA.
* WINDS…GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE
FOUND CLOSE TO THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WITH LIGHTER WINDS
FARTHER EAST TOWARD I-25.
* IMPACTS…STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ALONG THE BASE OF THE
FOOTHILLS… ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND
BOULDER…U.S. 36 BETWEEN BROOMFIELD AND LYONS…AND HIGHWAY
287 FROM BROOMFIELD THROUGH FORT COLLINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT STRONG AND POTENTIALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR HIGHLY LIKELY. TRAVEL IN
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IS DISCOURAGED.
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE URGED TO BRING INDOORS ANY
LOOSE ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND PATIO FURNITURE THAT MAY BE
BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WINDS.
CU’s Android App tweets disaster aid
Sep 28th
PEOPLE TWEET DURING DISASTERS
Just as codes once were developed for public safety communication via citizens band radios, a common language now is being formulated for disaster communication via Twitter — posing a challenge for people who haven’t yet learned or can’t recall it.
Daniel Schaefer, a University of Colorado Boulder doctoral student in communication, recently created a solution to this problem in the form of a software application, or app, for mobile devices. It turns everyday language into a Twitter syntax used during disasters through a special smart phone keyboard.
“Twitter has become popular during disasters because it offers a concise and efficient communication medium,” said Schaefer, who was inspired by the 2010 Fourmile Canyon Fire near Boulder. “However, a need to standardize the syntaxes used on Twitter has surfaced particularly for the emergency personnel, affected individuals, concerned loved ones, information officers and journalists who use it to provide and monitor information and collaborate on rescue efforts.”
The free app, called the Bucket Brigade Keyboard, is designed for Android devices. It transforms the standard smart phone keyboard display into a keypad of 12 message choices such as “help,” “location” and “request.” When these messages are selected, corresponding tweets — about one’s status, needs and offers to help — are queued for posting online.
“In a disaster, communication and working together can save lives,” said Schaefer. “Just as a bucket brigade fills and passes buckets of water to help put out a fire, this app allows people to fill and pass buckets of tweets to help during a disaster.”
The syntax used in Schaefer’s app — which turns an “I’m Ok” key into “#imok” — is based on a concept devised in 2009 by doctoral student Kate Starbird of CU’s Project EPIC (Empowering the Public with Information in Crisis) research group. The streamlining of disaster-related Twitter communication through Starbird’s idea, called “Tweak the Tweet,” makes the information computationally easier to extract and collate, which can help connect people with needs to responders.
Nearly 3,000 tweets using the Tweak the Tweet syntax were posted in the weeks following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. More than 500 tweets using the syntax were posted in the wake of the 2011 tornado in Joplin, Mo.
During those instances, users manually entered text that now can be deployed with the touch of a button through the Bucket Brigade Keyboard.
The app not only empowers people with a standard language, but also is designed for convenience using accessible technology, according to Schaefer.
“People are going to be holding smart phones during disasters,” he said. “They’re not going to be going to laptop computers or cafés with time to look up the syntax.”
Schaefer entered the Bucket Brigade Keyboard in the Federal Communications Commission’s Apps for Communities contest. The challenge calls for apps that help local government deliver quality-of-life-improving information to populations that are typically disenfranchised or disconnected from broadband communications.
The Bucket Brigade Keyboard has been downloaded in 20 countries.
Schaefer says a planned update to the Bucket Brigade Keyboard will add more Twitter shortcuts to the app, as well as auto-fill and auto-correction features.
For more information on the Bucket Brigade Keyboard visit https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bucketbrigade.softkeyboard&feature=search_result. For information on the Apps for Communities challenge visit http://appsforcommunities.challenge.gov/.
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