When Douglas Bruce, the contentious author of Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights, complained that he was awakened by notifications over the weekend about a missing teenager, Colorado Springs police Chief Pete Carey did not hold back in an email response.

“I regret that the phone notifications took you from your beauty rest. In truth, the beauty rest ain’t working anyway,” Carey wrote.

Bruce had asked the chief by email to stop city calls to him unless they relate to “specific crimes against me and my property.” He wrote that he was awakened about 10:30 p.m. Saturday by a call about a missing at-risk teenager in the Laredo Ridge Drive area — “wherever that is” — and again shortly before midnight with news that the girl had been found.

“TRY to exercise some judgment and common sense about the timing of random calls to citizens,” Bruce wrote. “This CSPD practice must be stopped.”

Carey replied to Bruce that his “complete lack of care, concern and compassion for anyone but yourself fits perfectly with your obnoxious and bullying personality.” The missing girl was eventually found. Bruce said he was “shocked” by the unprofessional message from Carey.

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