BISBEE OBSERVER HEADLINES 03-14-2024


Report of impersonating an officer report cleared

Laura Swan

The Bisbee Observer

On Saturday, March 2, 2024, at approximately 5 p.m., Bisbee Police Officers spoke to a Bisbee resident who wanted to report a suspicious person posing as a law enforcement officer.

The person reporting advised that he and his wife were traveling in the Bisbee area when a red in color Toyota approached his vehicle at a high rate of speed and began tailgating the vehicle. The person reporting advised that the vehicle was so close that he was unable to see the front of the Toyota including the headlights. The person reporting continued by stating the Toyota remained behind him until both turned left at an intersection after stopping at a stop sign, and ultimately the Toyota sped around him in a no-passing traffic zone before failing to stop at another stop sign.

The person reporting advised that he and his wife followed the Toyota to a local health care facility parking lot to reportedly check to see if the driver was all right and to inform him of his poor driving, the person reporting pulled behind the Toyota at which time the driver exited his vehicle, approached the person reporting, and advised that he was a law enforcement officer and that he was “interrupting his call.”….read full story (online subscribers only)

City plans to have pool open Memorial Day weekend

Laura Swan

The Bisbee Observer

City Public Works Director Matthew Gurney told the city council at the March 5 meeting that the pool will be ready to open Memorial Day weekend.

Gurney said repairs have been moving forward and progress is being made to get the pool ready for swim season despite a recent hiccup.

Gurney said city staff noticed the water level in the pool was dropping and after hiring a firm to test for leaks, other than the one they knew about, it was determined that water was leaking from several cracks. He said the city knew about a main crack across the bottom of the pool but has since been notified about several others that will also need to be repaired, adding that once the repairs are made the pool should hold up for a few years….read full story (online subscribers only)


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