UPDATE: SUNDAY 04/30/2023 8:45 a.m.

(PARKER, Colo.) — The Parker Police Department (PPD) said Sypher was located and has been in contact with its officers.

ORIGINAL STORY: El Paso County deputy missing out of Parker

THURSDAY 04/27/2023 9:19 p.m.

A deputy with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) is missing, according to PPD.

PPD posted on Twitter just before 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, and the post was then shared with more information by EPSO.

PPD’s tweet stated that Kevin Sypher was last seen at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday in the 8400 block of Sandreed Circle, in a neighborhood north of E-470. He was last seen, as pictured in the attached security camera footage posted by PPD, wearing a grey hoodie and jeans, and carrying two trash bags.

EPSO confirmed in its tweet that Sypher is an EPSO deputy, and asked the community for its help to look for him.

“Kevin is one of our own EPSO deputies, our brother in blue. If you are so inclined, [please] say a prayer & send positive thoughts for Kevin and his family,” reads EPSO’s tweet.

Sypher is 6’2″ tall, weighs 180 pounds, with grey hair and brown eyes. Anyone who has seen him or knows of his whereabouts is asked to call PPD at (303)841-9800.