Firearm Policies, Procedures & Guidelines (Mesa County, CO Sheriff)

Public relations, community events and media inquiries should be directed to Sgt. Henry Stoffel, as Heather Benjamin is no longer employed with the Mesa County Sheriff's Office.

The MCSO PIO office phone, cell and back-up cell remain the same.

DESK: (970) 244-3929
PIO CELL: (970) 986-0950
BACK-UP CELL: (970) 986-1240 **Henry's Email: Henry.Stoffel@mesacounty.us (mailto:Henry.Stoffel@mesacounty.us)
Please manually forward your correspondence to Sgt. Stoffel, as this account will not be monitored daily.
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Heather S. Benjamin I Information & Communication Manager MCSO News (http://www.mcsonews.com/) I Mesa County Sheriff's Office (http://sheriff.mesacounty.us/)
PH: 970.986.0950 I CALL/TEXT
** Sgt. Henry Stoffel will be the next media contact. Note my last day is January 29, 2016. His email is: Henry.Stoffel@mesacounty.us** (mailto:Henry.Stoffel@mesacounty.us)

Hi Caroline,
Your CORA request just came to my attention. I am the new public
information officer. Heather Benjamin, the person you emailed your request
to, no longer works here. That is why it took so long for it to reach me.
Do you still need the request to be filled? Please let me know how you
would like me to proceed. Unavoidable situations like this one is why we
don't take CORA requests via email unless it's from media. Thank you for
your understanding.
--Megan

Your Colorado Open Records Request pertaining to Firearms Policies,
Procedures & Guidelines (below) is denied due to the fact that you failed
follow our procedures as outlined on our web site. Your email request was
actually sent to two people that are no longer employed with the Sheriff's
Office.

Please follow the procedures as outlined in this link.
http://sheriff.mesacounty.us/forms/template.aspx?id=10521

Additionally, you should consider narrowing your request for statistical
data to a specific time frame. The broad nature of your request would
require extensive research and result in many hours of labor for which you
will be billed. You would be expected to pay for those hours of labor
prior to the release of the data and delay our response to the request.

If it helps: Colorado does not require a permit to posses a firearm.
However, a permit is required to carry a concealed firearm which are issued
by the Sheriff's Office.

Lt. Jim Fogg
Mesa County Sheriff's Office
Support Services Supervisor
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Mesa County, CO Sheriff
215 Rice Street
P.O. Box 20,000
Grand Junction, Colorado 81502-5016

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act, I hereby request the following
records:

Any and all policies, procedures, directives, memorandums, and any other
guiding materials regarding matters pertaining to firearm acquisition,
licensure, use, and transfer, including, but not limited to, the following:
• policies and procedures on the issuance of firearms permits and licenses.
(Please note that this point is not a request for identities of individual
permit/license holders, but is rather a request for governmental policies
and parameters regarding the process and regulations by which one may
obtain a license or permit. If separate strictures exist for each,
provision of both would be greatly appreciated.)
• policies and procedures on the revocation of firearms permits and
licenses.
• any and all available policies and procedures regarding local firearms
policies. Please provide all such materials that alter or supplement
departmental procedures.
Please include all available segregable data.
Please also provide all available data, statistics, or reports regarding
matters pertaining to gun acquisition, licensure, use, and transfer,
including, but not limited to, the following:
• the issuance of firearms permits and licenses.
• the revocation of firearms permits and licenses.
• the suspension of firearms permits and licenses.
• the renewal of firearms permits and licenses.
• incidents involving the use of a firearm.
If various policies or reports exist dependent on the type of firearm,
provision of all applicable materials would be greatly appreciated. Should
they be voluminous, provision of materials on rolling basis would be
greatly appreciated.
Should your agency believe that any additional policies, procedures,
reports or other analysis pertaining to firearm acquisition, licensure,
use, transfer, deaths, incidents, or any related issues may reside with
another agency or agencies, indication of such agencies would be greatly
appreciated.
Please notify us if further clarification is necessary.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Caroline Curtis