Law enforcement agencies from across Northwest Colorado will honor Routt County Sheriff’s Office Detective TJ Sisto Saturday afternoon. Detective Sisto passed away earlier this week.
An End-of-Watch Procession will travel from the Meadows Parking Lot, through downtown Steamboat Springs on Lincoln Ave./US40, and then head north on County Road 129/Elk River Road. The procession will end at First Baptist Church. It should start around 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13.
Community members are invited to gather along Lincoln Ave./US40 to pay their respects during the memorial procession. Motorists are asked to pull over.
Press release from the City of Steamboat Springs; May 12, 2023
End of Watch Procession Pays Respects to Sheriff Detective
Public Safety Agencies Honor Deputy with Procession Through Steamboat Springs
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO-May 12, 2023-On Saturday afternoon, local public safety agencies from across Northwest Colorado will honor Routt County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) Detective TJ Sisto, who passed away this week.
A memorial procession headed by members of the Routt County Sheriff’s Office, including Steamboat Springs Police, Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue, and other law enforcement agencies from the Yampa Valley, is planned for Saturday, May 13.
The slow-moving law enforcement escort will depart from the Steamboat Ski Resort’s Meadows Parking Lot/Pine Grove Rd around 4:30pm and travel along US40/Lincoln Avenue through downtown; then head north on County Road 129/Elk River Road, ending at the First Baptist Church (3200 Divine Way).
Community members wishing to pay their respects to Detective Sisto and his family can gather along US40/Lincoln Avenue during the memorial procession. Motorists traveling along the route should pull over to the side of the road as the procession passes.
Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue, Oak Creek Fire, West Routt Fire, and Yampa Fire will position nearly a dozen pieces of fire apparatus not in the procession along the center and westbound parking lanes of downtown Lincoln Avenue between 9th to 11th Streets.
A large flag will be flown over Lincoln Avenue at the 10th St intersection from two ladder trucks positioned on each side of 10th. In addition, the Classic Air Medical helicopter will hover overhead in the vicinity of this location. Fire personnel will remain at attention as the procession passes on the north side of Lincoln Avenue.
Motorists should anticipate traffic impacts and delays as well as significant public safety vehicle presence along the memorial route, downtown between 9th to 11th, and around First Baptist Church, site of the Celebration of Life. In addition, access along 10th Street will be limited due to the emergency vehicles.
Parking at the church is restricted to family, church staff, disabled/seniors and assigned procession vehicles. All other parking for the Celebration of Life will be at the Steamboat Springs Airport with shuttle service to the church.