Christian Glass Killing: Crisis-Response Team Plan Comes Two Years Too Late

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If this plan had been in place, attorneys say, Christian Glass would still be alive.

While Glass was not familiar to the law enforcement officers, Patterson was well known to the Idaho Springs police officers who responded when he dialed 911 on the afternoon of May 9, 2020. Such calls were so frequent that a cop on the scene said Patterson would be sent to"the nut house" if they continued, the grand jury report states.

The presence of the gun made all the difference to the grand jurors, whose report, issued that August, concluded:"Deputies Dibiase and Gould acted appropriately and properly under the circumstances. ... They were justified in using the force which was used when they reasonably believed that Patterson, when armed with a fully loaded handgun with a chambered round, intended to shoot Gould during the attempt to effectuate his arrest and stop the flight of Patterson.

The Grand Jury recognizes there exists insufficient resources and facilities available to address individuals who suffer from various types of mental illness in the Clear Creek County community.... Mental health resources should be made more available in the community including, funding by Clear Creek County and the municipalities within the County, to address the mental health issues which afflict community members.

Sheriff Albers's announcement confirms that this concept is moving forward, then offers an update on the Glass investigation:

 

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