Incidents

“Help me, help you!” - Jerry Maguire We received a call about a found bike that’s looking to make its way back home, much like a touchdown pass longing for a receiver in the end zone. Don’t fumble your chance to recover lost wheels! Register your bicycles, e-bikes, striders, m...

On 9/28/2023 at approximately 8:30 am Cortez Dispatch received a call regarding a vehicle theft from the Mildred and Main Street Speedway.  At the very same time, Cortez Records department witnessed a vehicle of that description, a 1995 teal F250, being backed into a...

On Sunday evening, Cortez Police Officers and Emergency Medical Services responded to a residence in Cortez for a reported unconscious and unresponsive 55-year-old male. Medics on the scene conducted life-saving measures for the victim but were ultimately unsuccessful. Th...

On 08/23/2023 at approximately 0238 hours, Cortez Police Officers on routine patrol heard a female yelling and using profanities from a vehicle observed at the Chevron Gas Station. Officers believing that there was a potential domestic situation approached a mal...

The Cortez Police Department received information from the FBI about a possible school threat and that the subject may be in the area.  The RE-1 School District issued a lockdown for the Montezuma-Cortez High School and all other schools in the district wen...