The Durango Police Department lobby will be closed Monday, January 19, 2026, in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 🚓 Emergency: Call 911 ☎️ Non-emergency: Call (970) 385-2900 Thank you for your understanding as we take time to honor Dr. King’s legacy of service and

🎨👮‍♀️ PROTECT • SERVE • COLOR – SNOWDOWN EDITION 👮‍♂️🎨 Snowdown is almost here, Durango! We’re celebrating Snowdown 2026: “Then & Now” with a special Protect • Serve • Colorcontest for kids ages 5–10. ❄️🚓 🖍 How it works: Get the coloring page: • Print it here:

🌲 FREE Outdoor Classes with Ranger Tosh! 🌲 📍Durango Rec Center | 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 All Ages Welcome | 💰 Always Free Ready to feel safer, smarter, and more confident outdoors? Ranger Tosh—Open Space Ranger with the Durango Police Department—is hosting a series of FREE community classes

Peaceful, Lawful Protest in Durango The Durango Police Department supports the community’s right to peacefully assemble and express viewpoints—no matter the message. The First Amendment protects lawful protest, and we want everyone to be able to exercise those rights safely. A

🎉 Happy New Year, Durango! 🎆 As we head into 2026, we’re grateful for another year of serving this community and staying connected with you—whether it was meeting neighbors at National Night Out, welcoming folks into our Citizens’ Police Academy, working on traffic-safety

Happy Holidays, Durango! 🎄✨ The Durango Police Department lobby is taking a little “winter break” too — so if you were planning to swing by, here are the holiday lobby hours (so you don’t end up waving at a locked door like it’s going to wave back): 🎁 Holiday Lobby Hours ✅

At noon on Tuesday the 16th multiple officers responded to the area for a report that a male subject had threatened the reporting party with a firearm. The reporting party stated the subject had a gun “hidden in his pocket.” Officers searched the area but were unable to locate or

Shoutout to the Florida Four Leaf Clover 4-H Club for swinging by with cookies yesterday 🍪💚 Not only were the treats a total win, but they somehow managed to meet more officers than I can normally round up on a good day 😂👏 Huge thanks to Records for doing the

🎄🚲 All we want for Christmas is a safe Animas River Trail! If you’re gifting a bike or e-ride this year, here’s how to keep it legal and neighborly: ✅ Allowed on the Animas River Trail (ART): • Human-powered “analog” bikes • Class 1 & Class 2 e-bikes that max out at 20 mph

🎄🛍️ The FOP Durango Lodge 8 – Shop With a Cop Recap! 🛍️🎄 If you saw a small army of uniforms and a whole lot of excited kids at the Durango Walmart on Wednesday, December 10, don’t worry—there wasn’t a raid, it was Shop With a Cop. This year, 125 kids from 50 families teamed up

The Durango Police Department stands with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office as they mourn the line of duty death of Commander Karl Smalley. Commander Smalley, who faithfully served Adams County for more than 30 years, was found deceased on December 8, 2025, after beginning his

❄️🧡Thanks to @thehomedepot Durango, our patrol cars are officially winter-ready & slightly less dramatic. ❄️🧡 They donated ice/snow scrapers and wiper fluid so: • Officers spend less time chiseling windshields with their badge edges • More time responding to calls • And way

Hometown Olympians and World Champion biathletes Tracy and Lanny Barnes @twinbiathletes opened up their property, their skills, and their hearts to the Women of Durango PD, La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, and Cortez PD for a full day of firearms training. This wasn’t just about

UPDATE: ❄️ Accident Alert LIFTED ❄️ The Accident Alert for the City of Durango has been lifted as of 5:20am, but there’s still plenty of ice and snow out there. Please keep driving like there’s hot @durangojoes in your lap and you really don’t want to wear it. ☕😅 Slow down,

⚠️ ACCIDENT ALERT – CITY OF DURANGO ⚠️ The roads are slicker than a greased ski slope, and we’re already seeing multiple crashes. An Accident Alert is now in effect for the City of Durango until further notice. Please share to help spread the word. If you’re involved in a minor

Turns out, it does take a village… to break into a car. 😅 Officer McKenzie recently responded to a call from a disabled senior who accidentally locked both of his keys on the front seat after an eye doctor appointment and a snack run for his granddaughter. 💛 What started as a

Wishing everyone in Durango a safe, calm, and mostly drama-free Thanksgiving. 🦃😅 May your turkey be juicy, your Wi-Fi strong, and your family arguments stay at the “potatoes vs. stuffing” level—not the “call the cops” level. If you need us for a real emergency, we’ll be

🍻 Drinksgiving game plan, Durango 🍻 Tonight might be all fun and “just one more,” but no one wants to spend Thanksgiving with regrets, a DUI, or a story that starts with “So the officer said…” If you’re going out tonight: 🚫 Don’t drink and drive. At all. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Pick a sober

🦃 HOLIDAY LOBBY UPDATE 🦃 👉 The Durango Police Department lobby will be CLOSED on: Thursday, November 27 (Thanksgiving) Friday, November 28 🚓 Officers will still be on duty and responding to calls — it’s just our front lobby that’s taking a little holiday nap. Need us? 📞