Officers claimed they were forced to escalate to lethal force after warnings, and the use of non-lethal weapons proved ineffective. Boulder kickstarted a Crisis Intervention Response Team (CIRT) program in 2021 to co-respond with law enforcement to 911 calls involving mental health crises. Between 2022 and 2023, just 0.3% of these co-responded calls resulted in law enforcement using force. Throughout the BWC footage, officers make several remarks about attempting to use less-than-lethal “bean bags” before resorting to lethal force. Begging the question, did Boulder police officers make enough of an effort to detain Alatorre without using excessive force?