Colorado Springs Dispatchers Suspended For Watching Christmas Movies During Shift

The Denver Post:

The Colorado State Patrol suspended three staff members as part of an internal investigation into the delayed dispatch of troopers to a report of a disabled car on Interstate 25 near Fountain, minutes before a fatal accident.

At least one dispatcher was distracted by "watching a Christmas movie," Col. James Wolfinbarger, chief of the Colorado State Patrol, told reporters at a news conference Monday, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette.

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