EPD Fact Check

• Since the Pandemic began in approximately February/March 2020, the Erie Police Department has issued a total of 2 citations. 
  • One citation was issued in April 2020 after a business owner was provided education and warned. 
    
    
  • Another citation was issued in November 2020 to a different business owner after education and warnings had been provided.
• No one has been arrested for Public Health violations in the Town of Erie.
  
  
• Currently, the Erie Police Department is NOT responding to anonymous Public Health complaints.
  
  
• EPD has not, and would not, advise children (2 or older) to wear masks while napping.
  
  
• Those wishing to make a complaint need to contact the Erie Police Department via Dispatch at 303-441-4444 or stop by 1000 Telleen Avenue and ask to speak with an officer.  The officer will speak with you and take a report if you are willing to identify yourself for the report.  Follow-up will be *conducted by the officer as appropriate.
  
  
• No businesses in the Town of Erie have been threatened with citation or arrest since the latest Town mask mandate went into effect.
  
  
• The mask mandate was ratified by the Board of Trustees on September 14, 2021, and covers the entire Town of Erie (whether on the Boulder County or Weld County side).

ERIE POLICE DEPARTMENT
1000 Telleen Avenue | P.O. Box 510
Erie, CO 80516
www.erieco.gov/police | 303-926-2800