East Bound I-70 near Morrison, CO Exit

Morrison, ColoradoApr 26, 20101 Comments

While going down this hill from the mountains. There are 2 places they camp out one place is on a blind curve after runaway truck ramp. An undercover cop likes to hang out here. The other one is watch out going down the hill in general. Sometimes there is an aircraft clocking you. Cops are then waiting on the overpass of the Morrison exit waiting to pull you over.

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This particular trap is run primarily by the Colorado State Patrol - Morrison cannot afford air support, even with the largesse they generate from their other traps. The entire town is covered by speed traps. The Red Rocks Amphitheater is an island of the City and County of Denver, which is under "Home-Rule," allowing them to pocket all revenues without sharing with the state. Morrison is not under "Home-Rule" but Morrison surrounds Red Rocks. Favorite public destinations within Morrison include The Fort, a high-end restaurant, and The Morrison Inn, a southwestern-style restaurant. A large-scale boycott against these two influential establishments would likely reduce/eliminate the traps. Unless one is a resident, or needs to travel through Morrison to reach an end destination, there is really no reason to visit the town except to eat at one of these two fine eateries. Remember, in the Denver metro area, there are several locations for Las Delicias (better than the Morrison Inn, IMO) and the Buckhorn Exchange can easily replace The Fort as one's gustatory destination. The Buckhorn has another advantage over the Fort - it is the first permanent (oldest) restaurant in Denver (the prices are comparable, but I think the Old West atmosphere is better at the Buckhorn - the Fort feels a bit fake) I submit this as a former Law Enforcement Officer who knows that this town uses these traps for revenue generation (aka "tax for outsiders") from having had conversations with then active Morrison officers. Personally, I have been boycotting the Morrison establishments since I discovered this nearly twenty years ago and will continue to do so until they cease this practice. And, for those wondering, "Yes, I was stopped by the Morrison PD, once. I was on official business in a wide-reaching case that had an immediate need for me to be somewhere else many miles away, yesterday." Yes, he let me go, but only because he did not want to be arrested for interference and transported 150 miles from his vehicle while I conducted my business. Their practices offend me. Speed traps smack of "enticement" and just feel like abuse of authority. Enticement was not a practice in which my former agency, The Drug Enforcement Administration, would engage. Has anyone else noticed that the only traffic enforcement any of the departments perform, these days, is speed (radar/laser), traffic control (lights and cameras at intersections), and DUIs (breathalysers). If there is an accident, they might cite someone for something other than the three listed above. THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO COURT. Period.
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