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Section 8: Material Released by Court Order

 

A listing of all official material released via court order, with details on how to obtain each, followed by links to the grand jury report from Sept 2004:

 

The following text--up until the line of ***--comes verbatim from an official website maintained by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, with revisions as of Sept 20, 2004 (and updated link). Click on their site for the latest listings:

 

Following is a list of items pertaining to the Columbine High School Shootings of April 20, 1999 that have been released to the public, and how they may be obtained.

Sheriff's Office Final Report on the Columbine High School shootings, CD- ROM (Released May 15, 2000). Contact Alpine Media Duplication, Boulder, CO, 800-475-0872 or 303-444-1257 www.alpinemediaduplication.com. $12 per CD plus shipping.

Littleton Fire Department video and raw helicopter footage by Channel 4 (Released April 26, 2000). Contact Jefferson County Public Information Department, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401. (303) 271-8512. Make checks for $25 payable to Jefferson County.

Colorado Bureau of Investigation laboratory report (Released May 31, 2000). Contact Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO, 80401. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $2.  Shipping: $1.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file). Note: This report is included in the 11,000 pages of investigative files that were released later; see below.

Cafeteria surveillance videotapes (Released June 7, 2000). Contact Alpine Media Duplication, Boulder, CO, 800-475-0872 or 303-444-1257. www.alpinemediaduplication.com. $20 plus shipping.

Two CD-ROM set of the Jefferson County 911 and dispatch audio tapes (Released August 7, 2000). Contact Alpine Media Duplication, Boulder, CO, 800-475-0872 or 303-444-1257 www.alpinemediaduplication.com. $28 plus shipping.

11,000 pages of Investigative Files (Released November 21, 2000). Main release of reports.  Contact Public Information Department, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401. (303) 271-8512. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $602 plus $125 for shipping.  

Autopsy summaries (Released February 6, 2001). Contact Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. 800 Jefferson County Parkway, (303) 271-6480. Must pick up in person. $1.25 per page.

Klebold autopsy report (Released February 23, 2001). Contact Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. 800 Jefferson County Parkway. (303) 271-6480. Must pick up in person. $1.25 per page.

Misc. Items:

  • Draft search affidavit (Released April 10, 2001), $2.
  • CD (audio) of the shoot team interviews (Released April 10, 2001), $19.
  • Written transcript of an interview with Columbine High School Community Resource Officer Neil Gardner, and the executive summary of the library investigative team (Released April 10, 2001), $11.

Contact Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. For all items, make checks for $35 payable to Jefferson County for the cost of printing, postage and handling. Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

Printout of evidence log (Released April 2001). Contact Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO, 80439. Make check payable to Jefferson County for $50.  Additional shipping cost: $2.50.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).  This is only 200 pages long and duplicative of the evidence books released later (see below).

Evidence books (Released May 11, 2001). Contact Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks for $49 payable to Jefferson County. Additional shipping cost: $5.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

FBI report of interview with Randy, Judy and Brooks Brown (Released May 22, 2001). Contact Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $3.  Additional shipping cost: $2.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

Crime Scene Processing Team reports and sketches (Released June 19, 2001). Contact Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $37.  Additional shipping cost: $4.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file). 

Additional Investigative Files (Released August 8, 2001). Additional ancillary reports (tips, Internet, threats, connected reports.  Contact Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $145.  Additional shipping cost: $10.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).  

Audio cassette of Jefferson County 911 dispatch tape. Missed side of tape from previous release.  Contact Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $10.  Additional shipping cost: $1.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

CD-ROM containing two large crime scene diagrams. Contact Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $10. Additional shipping cost: $1. Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

FBI Crime Scene Processing Team reports and sketches (Released September 5, 2001). Contact Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $25.  Additional shipping cost: $2.50.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

CBI laboratory report (Released February 6, 2002). Contact Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $2.  Additional shipping cost: $2.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

El Paso County Sheriffs Report (Released April 10, 2002). Contact El Paso County Sheriff’s Office: 719-520-7144.

Juvenile-diversion-program documents (Harris); (Released November 4, 2002). Contact Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, 500 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401. 303-271-6800.

Juvenile-diversion-program documents (Klebold); (Released November 22, 2002). Contact Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, 500 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401. 303-271-6800.

Tracking sheets, investigative index and other Columbine documents on CD-ROM (Released January 8, 2003). Contact Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $25.  Additional shipping cost: $1.50.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

Denver dispatch cassette tapes containing 7 ½ hours of communication (Released March 6, 2003). Contact Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $20.  Additional shipping cost: $2.50.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

Warrants book (Released June 9, 2003). Contact Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $25.  Additional shipping cost: $2.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

Fifty-seven pages of documents that show slight differences from previously-released originals, and documents that were inadvertently unreleased.  Contact Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $6.  Additional shipping cost: $2.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

"Rampart Range" video tape (Released October 21, 2003).  The video contains graphic language and may not be suitable for a general audience.  Contact Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $20.  Additional shipping charges will apply to videos mailed out: United States, Canada and Mexico: $5.  Other: $10.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

Additional pages/Harris Web site: 1997 memo and Web pages (Released October 30, 2003). No charge. Contact Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439.  Shipping cost: $2.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).

"Crowd" video tape (Released February 26, 2004).  Approximately 38 minutes of crowd footage filmed by JCSO Crime Lab outside Columbine High School after 1 p.m. on April 20, 1999.  Contact Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $3.  Additional shipping charges will apply to videos mailed out: United States, Canada and Mexico: $2.  Other: $5.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).  If ordering Crowd and Klebold/Harris footage tapes together, shipping is $2 to US, Canada and Mexico. Other: shipping is $10.

Klebold/Harris footage video tape (Released February 26, 2004). Miscellaneous footage of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold retrieved from school or given to JCSO by citizens.  Segments dubbed onto master tape: 94 minutes long. Contact Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Records Section, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80439. Make checks payable to Jefferson County for $4.  Additional shipping charges will apply to videos mailed out: United States, Canada and Mexico: $2.  Other: $5.  Complete and enclose Application for Criminal Justice Records (.PDF file).  If ordering Crowd and Klebold/Harris footage tapes together, shipping is $2 to US, Canada and Mexico. Other: shipping is $10.

Revised 02-26-04

 

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On Sept 17, 2004, the CO attorney general released the report of a grand jury he appointed to look into allegations of a coverup by the sheriff's department. No indictments were made, but the grand jury expressed distress at "troubling" activity.

You can read the full grand jury report here, and a separate report from the CO attorney general here. (Both are PDFs.)

Columbine Comments -- Open thread for readers.
This comment thread, begun in Oct 2003, is open to anything related to Columbine: about the Almanac, things you read elsewhere, questions about myths or rumors, current news on shooters or troubled youth . . . or anything else. I get email alerts on all comments now, so feel free to pose questions to me about Columbine, and I will do my best to answer.

My Slate story on Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold's motives: "The Depressive & The Psychopath."

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