Call Delay In Search For Suspected Shooter?
Some have been wondering if there was a delay in calls on Friday night to alert neighbors of a shooting and suspect search in Security. I learned from the arrest warrant that they El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a home at 413 Kiva Road. Inside the home, officers discovered Brenda Laster was shot in the head. Brenda’s sister alleges that it was Brenda’s son, Rayshawn Laster who shot her.
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office didn’t alert the Emergency Notification System to send out a message about the crime to neighbors until 8:25 pm. The calls didn’t go out until 8:50 pm. Sgt Mike Schaller with the EPSO tellls me there were no delays to get out the information to neighbors in a two mile radius. Schaller says, “Walking in a 7:55 pm, we don’t have a good picture off the bat. There’s more to follow up in the investigation. Can we confirm that? Also, are we getting valid information about the situation and the suspected shooter.”
A spokesperson for the El Paso-Teller Counties, Emergency Notification System says there were some on the system who didn’t receive a call until after midnight, Saturday morning. Ben Bills says there are numerous factors that could delay a call getting to you in the affected area. He says it includes how many people have to be called, how many rings before you pick the phone up and how long the message is that you will be listening to during the call.
Bills says landlines are already included in the ENS system. However out of the tens of thousands of cell phones in El Paso and Teller Counties, only 12 thousand are registered on the ENS system. Go to our main page, links we mentioned to register your phone and email address on the system.
