The Lakewood Police Department is positioned to take advantage of new crime-fighting strategies and technologies. More collaboration is already in the works. Regionalization provides the department with cost savings and enhanced services. The Police Department has built on its regionalization efforts to include the consolidation of the SWAT team with Wheat Ridge, a county wide crime lab, a regional training academy and soon a county wide communications center. We do this by focusing on policing strategies that include regionalization, technology utilization, data-driven decision-making, and partnerships. With the support of our more than 400 very dedicated employees, we continue to make this a safe city for residents and visitors. Thank you for your interest in the Lakewood Police Department. Take a moment to recognize the outstanding efforts of Lakewood Police employees in the following summary of their actions.

However, multiple awards were presented individually through the chain of command. The 2020 Annual Police Awards Ceremony was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. See the incredible work done in our community by Lakewood Police. The Standley Lake Library has a reference-only copy.Дў020 LPD Annual Report (PDF,В 6MB) Annual Police Awards Ceremony

Copies of the book are available for checkout at the Belmar location of the Jefferson County library system.

Order a copyВ of 'A Celebration of Excellence, The Lakewood Police Department, 1970-2010', ($10).

To maintain this accreditation, the department is required to meet more than 479 nationally recognized law enforcement standards every four years with an onsite assessment being conducted annually.ДЄn extensive department history is detailed in a recently published book celebrating its 40th anniversary, 'A Celebration of Excellence, The Lakewood Police Department, 1970-2010.' In 1986, the Lakewood Police Department was the second agency in Colorado - and the 24th in the nation - to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. The goal of every employee is to serve the citizens of Lakewood with the highest level of commitment. Since 1970, the motto: Integrity, Intelligence, Initiative has defined the way the department does business. The department has relocated several times through the decades.В In 1984, it moved to its permanent site at 445 S. As of this writing in June 2020, the eighth and currentВ chief, Daniel McCasky, with a command staff of two division chiefs, Anita Koester and Ed Loar, they lead a department of more than 400 employees and 100-plus volunteers. The new department predictably experienced growing pains but continued solid development under the leadership of seven police administrations. The Lakewood Department of Public Safety became operational on May 3, 1970, and in 1987, its name was changed to the Lakewood Police Department. In 1969, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County officially became the City of Lakewood -В the fourth-largest city in Colorado.

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