Aspen Police Department Received 322 Calls During the 4-Day X Games Event The X Games took over Aspen for four days last week, with 111,500 people attending the event, according to ESPN, including a record 49,500 on Saturday alone. During those four days, the Aspen Police Department received more than 300 calls. “What it says to us is we were busy but not as bad as you might think,” a Facebook post on […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 30, 2020 0 Comments
How Dangerous is it to Leave Snow On Top of Your Car? Is it dangerous to leave snow on the top of your your car? The answer is YES! Snow and ice are very heavy and when it falls off a vehicle, it can become airborne. Ice and snow can hit oncoming cars and easily shatter windshields, injuring people inside. If California Highway Patrol (CHP) finds a vehicle with excess ice and […] Brains SnowBrains | December 13, 2019 1 Comment
58-Arrests @ Burning Man This Year… | Sexual Assault, Assault w/ Deadly Weapon, Drugs, More Contrary to popular belief that there is no law enforcement at Black Rock City in the Nevada desert, this year’s Burning Man, which came to an end yesterday, resulted in 58 arrests. This is a marked increase on last year’s 43 and the same as the 58 in 2017. Every year tens of thousands of people travel to the Black Rock […] SnowBrains | September 3, 2019 0 Comments
Mountaineers Land Plane Just Below Mont Blanc Summit then Dash for Peak with Police in Pursuit Two Swiss mountaineers landed a small plane less than 1,300-feet (400m) from the summit of Mont Blanc on Tuesday before heading straight for the summit of western Europe’s tallest peak with police in pursuit, the French gendarme reported. The pair landed the aircraft at 14,600-feet (4,450m) on the iconic mountain in the French Alps in an incident described as a […] Climbing CragBrains | June 19, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: Tucson Police Department Investigates Suspicious White Substance [arve url="https://youtu.be/vj1LWJ0vV-w"] SnowBrains | March 1, 2019 162 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
Ski and Snowboard Theft Cases Increase at Breckenridge in 2016 Ski and snowboard theft cases with the Breckenridge Police Department increased in 2016 after two years of decline. A total of 26 skis and snowboards were reported stolen, compared with 16 in 2015 and 25 in 2014. SKIS AND SNOWBOARD REPORTED STOLEN BY YEAR: 2013: 75 2014: 25 2015: 16 2016: 26 But the 2016 numbers remain well below 2013, when 75 boards […] Matias Ricci | January 20, 2017 1 Comment
Vail Police Investigates and Warns About Fraudulent Ski Lift Ticket Sale The Vail Police Department is investigating multiple cases of ski lift tickets being fraudulently sold online through third-party vendors. In each case, ski lift tickets are being sold through Craigslist to visitors coming into Vail from out of town. When they arrive to pick up their tickets, they are either non-existent or are fraudulent. HOW DOES THE FRAUD WORK: In one […] Matias Ricci | January 19, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Dutch Police Train Eagles To Take Down Drones According to IFL Science, Dutch Police have partnered with Guards From Above, a firm in the Hague who specialize in training birds of prey for private security, to help protected the skies from bad drones. The eagles are trained to recognize the drones as prey, which influences them to disable the drones with their talons and return to a safe […] Chris Wallner | February 2, 2016 0 Comments