Boulder without police, seeks county contract

The Boulder Police Department has been unstaffed since June 21, when acting Police Chief Jordan Grimsrud resigned. At the City Council meeting on June 21, the council authorized Mayor Rusty Giulio to begin negotiating a contract with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to provide law enforcement services in Boulder.

The Boulder Police Department usually has three police officers on staff, according to City Council President Drew Dawson, but it recently experienced a mass exodus. Former Police Chief Joe Canzona resigned on April 30 to take another job—the same day that officer Kyle St. George left Boulder’s force for a job at Great Falls Police Department, Dawson said. Grimsrud was named acting police chief after Canzona resigned. Grimsrud left Boulder to take a law enforcement job in Broadwater County, Dawson said.

“We have a good relationship with the county Sheriff’s Office, so there’s no need for citizens to panic,” Dawson said. “We will continue to have a strong relationship with Jefferson County, but now on a contractual level.”