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Loveland Police Department Values
We Value the Law
We protect Constitutional Rights, apply the law fairly and consistently, and serve as examples to all.
We Value the People We Serve and Each Other
We care about people and treat everyone with dignity and respect. We aid those who are endangered. We
maintain a family-oriented work atmosphere emphasizing humor and joy, and attained through fairness,
career development, and the development of self-esteem in all of our team members. We respect diverse
viewpoints without sacrificing professionalism in our service.
We Value Organizational Excellence
We desire to be the best; therefore, we live our established values and hold ourselves to the highest
standards. We are committed to training, established goals, and written standards in order to focus on quality
service for the community. We are proactive problem solvers, who are objective, fair and discreet in the
delivery of those services. We constantly examine our goals, ourselves and our results in order to continually
improve our productivity in both effectiveness and efficiency. We are a positive policing force; analytical,
flexible and innovative. We will become recognized leaders in service delivery, administrative ability and
human concern. We take pride in our work and strive for professionalism in promoting public safety and
order.
We Value Communication
We work hard to educate our community about police procedures and the law. We keep lines of
communication open within the Department and community.
We Value Our Public Image
We are community role models in integrity and performance by being visible, as well as caring, effective
problem solvers. We hold sacred our community’s confidence and trust and are inspired to maintain that
honor.
We are proud to be the Loveland Police Department
2010 Annual Report
Table of Contents
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................... 1
A Letter from the Chief of Police ............................................................................................................... 2
Organizational Chart ................................................................................................................................ 3
Administrative Support Staff/Budget ........................................................................................................ 4
Operations Division ............................................................................................................................ 5-11
Patrol ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Traffic Unit .........................................................................................................................................6
SWAT................................................................................................................................................ 7
K-9 ................................................................................................................................................... 8
Mounted Patrol Unit .......................................................................................................................... 9
Liquor Enforcement ........................................................................................................................ 10
Field Training Unit ......................................................................................................................... 10
Loveland Police Peer Support Team ............................................................................................. 11
Crisis Intervention Team ................................................................................................................ 11
Support Services Division ................................................................................................................. 12-15
Criminal Investigations Unit ........................................................................................................... 13
Technical Support Unit .................................................................................................................. 13
Special Investigations Unit ............................................................................................................ 14
Community Resource Unit ............................................................................................................. 15
Information Services Division ............................................................................................................ 16-19
Emergency Communications Center ............................................................................................. 17
Crime Analysis ............................................................................................................................... 18
Records Section ............................................................................................................................. 19
Professional Standards Unit .............................................................................................................. 20-23
Senior Police Volunteers ........................................................................................................................ 24
Explorer Post .......................................................................................................................................... 25
Police Chaplains ..................................................................................................................................... 26
Santa Cops ............................................................................................................................................ 26
Citizens Police Academy ........................................................................................................................ 27
Retiree Ron Andersen ............................................................................................................................. 28
Retiree John Manago .............................................................................................................................. 29
In Memory of Wendy Michaux ................................................................................................................. 30
Awards .................................................................................................................................................... 31
Loveland Police and Courts Building established in February 2002
A Letter from the Chief of Police
Greetings,
Welcome to the Loveland Police Department’s 2010 Annual Report! On behalf of the
entire agency, I thank you for your interest. I trust that as you turn the pages and view
the many accomplishments of 2010, you will be convinced of the passion the men and
women of the Department possess in preserving and advancing the common good of
the Loveland community.
Based upon the effects of the Great Recession in the United States, the agency
advanced into 2010 with a flat budget from 2009. In order to operate within budget
without reducing public safety, civilian and sworn staff, above the rank of lieutenant,
took four furlough days during the year. Sworn officers and employees of the
Communication Center remained at their posts 24/7 and responded around the clock
wherever and whenever they were needed.
In 2010, the Loveland Police Department consisted of 93 sworn police officers, and 41 civilians, for a total of 134
employees; each of them wholly dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in this wonderful community of
Loveland, Colorado.
The agency recognized many achievements in 2010, but among the brightest was the second consecutive award
(since 2007) to the Loveland Communication Center as an Accredited Center of Excellence for Emergency
Medical Dispatching. This accomplishment is cause for celebration by the entire community as emergency
medical dispatching has been credited with saving 24 human lives since its commencement.
In March of 2010, the agency hosted a community open-house to illuminate gang activity and strategize for gang
suppression. Residents packed the Loveland Police Institute in a gesture of concern and overwhelming support.
In April, the Department teamed with Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) officers to locate, apprehend,
and deport known criminal gang members. Throughout the balance of 2010, the agency continued proactive
measures to impact and reduce gang activity in Loveland.
Other notable accomplishments in 2010 include a record 34 block parties coordinated and attended by the Police
Department during Community Night Out in June; hosting a National Prescription Drug Take-Back day in
September in which 195 pounds of unneeded or expired medication were turned in for proper disposal; and the
November graduation of 28 students from the Citizen’s Police Academy.
During the difficult economic times of 2010, the agency could not have successfully advanced the mission of
public safety without the contribution of our Volunteers, Police Explorers, and the Police Chaplains who
collectively contributed thousands of hours of public service. We humbly thank them. We also thank the Police
Advisory Board for their unyielding support and direction.
All of us at the Police Department wish to acknowledge the effective leadership of City Manager Don Williams,
who retired in October. We welcome Bill Cahill as the new Manager, and thank him and the City Council for their
constant support in preserving the safety and high quality of life in Loveland – the beautiful place we call home.
To the reader, thank you again for your attention. We will always be here for you.
Sincerely,
Chief of Police
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Organizational Chart
Citizens of Loveland
Mayor and City Council
Business Coordinator
Operations
1 Captain
1 Admin Specialist
City Manager
Professional Standards
Chief of Police
1 Admin Lieutenant
1 Accreditation Sergeant
1 Personnel/Training Sergeant
Support Services
1 Captain
1 Admin Specialist
Information Services
1 Captain
1 Information Manager
1 Administrative Analyst
Criminal Investigations Unit
Patrol
3 Lieutenants
Day Watch
4 Sergeants
5 Traffic Officers
14 Officers
2 CSOs
Swing Watch
1 Sergeant
8 Detectives
2 Investigative Technicians-20
hours a week each = 1 FTE
1 Supervisor
1 Lead Records Clerk
7 Records Clerks
Special Investigations Unit
Communications
1 Sergeant
3 Detectives
1 Admin Technician
3 Sergeants
17 Officers
2 CSOs
Technical Support Unit
Night Watch
Community Resource Unit
3 Sergeants
14 Officers
Street Crimes Unit
2 Officers
Records
1 Manager
2 Supervisors
2 Lead Comm. Specialists
14 Comm. Specialists
1 Sergeant
1 Criminalist
1 Evidence Technician
1 Sergeant
1 Crime Prevention Officer
5 School Resource Officers
Total Authorized Personnel 2010 Budget - 134
90 - Certified Officers (authorized—93)
40 - Civilian Employees (authorized—41)
5 - Administration
71 - Operations Division
27 - Support Services Division
31 - Information Services Division
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Administrative Support Staff
Connie Hilgenfeld
Administrative Specialist
Elizabeth Markham
Business Services
Coordinator
Karla Sprague
Administrative Specialist
Budget
In 2010, all City departments’ salary budgets were frozen. Additionally, some employees
were required to take four unpaid furlough days. Due to an ongoing budget crisis, the
Police Department faced a reduction to the operating budget of approximately 2%. We
lost funding for our Mounted Patrol Unit, a decrease to the officer’s uniform allowance, a
K-9 Unit dog, and four full time positions, which include a civilian Accreditation Manager,
civilian Records Office Support Specialist, civilian Community Service Officer, and civilian
Dispatcher.
We were able to maintain our equipment replacement funding, and purchased body
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Administrative Analyst armor, rifles, servers, mobile radios, tasers, SWAT equipment, a copier and cameras.
The Loveland Police Department was awarded grant funding from the State of Colorado Department of
Transportation for DUI checkpoints and seatbelt enforcement. The revenue we generate for the City is
primarily from traffic fines; however, we are also paid for services we provide to Thompson Valley Emergency
Medical Services, the Budweiser Event Center, Berthoud Fire and Police, and Thompson R2-J. In
comparison, our largest payment of more than $460,000 goes to the Larimer County Humane Society for the
animal control services they provide.
The Police Department ended the year with a budget surplus of over $95,000. This positive balance includes
major unexpected costs we incurred for records management software maintenance.
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Operations Division
Overview
Of the department’s 132 employees, 69 provide the uniformed response to citizen calls
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for services. 64 sworn officers and five civilians also provide effective policing through
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proactive methods in public safety, including traffic safety and education. We operated
below our authorized levels of staff throughout the year due to attrition, illness, injury, and hiring freezes.
Many officers have collateral assignments including liquor law enforcement, K-9, Technical Accident Team,
Bomb Technician, Mounted Patrol and the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. The Traffic Unit
includes motorcycle officers for use in specialized enforcement and security at large community events. The
Community Service Officers (CSO) support patrol functions such as the investigation of minor motor vehicle
accidents, some Municipal Code enforcement and the transport of arrestees to the county jail.
The men and women of the Operations Division are dedicated and well trained at public safety problem
solving. Officers and CSOs are provided assigned take-home police vehicles. This enables officers to keep a
high level of visibility in the city, reduce overall fleet costs and to be prepared for immediate response when
called back to work for emergencies. This also provides an extra level of service in that off-duty personnel can
(and often do) respond directly to incidents that they encounter while off-duty or that occur near them while
they are off-duty.
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Operations Division
Traffic Unit
The Traffic Unit consists of five traffic officers and one supervisor. The 2010 members of the unit include
Sergeant Chuck Higney and Officers Steve Watts, Arden Jackson, Jim Betrus, Rob Croner, and Andres
Salazar. Sergeant Bob Shaffer and Officers Jameson Gartner and Chuck Hofkamp replaced Sergeant Higney
and Officers Croner and Betrus in October 2010.
The Unit employed a combination of six specially-equipped traffic cars and four Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
A new addition in 2010, was a Honda ST1300 motorcycle, shown here in the photo. All Harley-Davidson
motorcycles will be replaced with these more cost-effective and efficient units in 2011.
In 2010, the Loveland Police Department as a whole arrested 451 intoxicated drivers, wrote 9,540 tickets
(2,596 by the Traffic Unit) and investigated 1,622 crashes.
The members of the Traffic Unit are highly-trained in a variety of specialized skills and knowledge:
Steve Watts: Grant management, Commercial vehicle inspections, radar instructor
Chuck Hofkamp: Motorcycle instructor, City of Loveland Safe Driving Instructor
Jim Betrus: Click-it-or-Ticket program management
Arden Jackson: DUI Enforcement Specialist
Rob Croner: Canine officer, Intoxilizer Instructor
Andres Salazar: Drug Recognition Expert (DRE), Technical Crash Investigator (crashes involving death,
near death and serious injury)
Jameson Gartner: State DRE instructor, Larimer County DUI Taskforce Chairman
Chuck Higney: Technical Crash Investigation Team Leader
2010 Special Activities included:
―Click it or Ticket‖ campaign; 2010 seat belt enforcement resulted in 334 tickets.
High Visibility DUI enforcement. This is a State-funded program
School Zone speed enforcement and school bus safety
City of Loveland defensive driving classes
DUI checkpoints, aggressive driving and construction zone enforcement
Officer Chuck Hofkamp and the newly-acquired 2010 Honda ST1300
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S.W.A.T.
The Loveland Police Department’s Special Weapons and Tactics team (S.W.A.T.) is called upon to resolve
incidents which present an extreme risk to the community, including hostage situations, barricaded and/or
suicidal subjects, high-risk search warrants, methamphetamine labs, V.I.P. security details and anti-terrorism
response.
The SWAT Team Commander is Lieutenant Rick Arnold. Sergeant Phil Metzler serves as Team Leader and
Assistant Team Leaders include Sergeants Brent Newbanks, Ben Hurr, Aaron Belk, Officers Justin Chase and
Harry Bowen.
The SWAT team is comprised of several components including Tactical Officers, Snipers, Breachers, Crisis
Negotiations, Tactical Medics, and a Fire Department Special Operations section. These components come
together in varying size depending on the incident.
At full strength, the LPD SWAT team consists of 36 members, all working to achieve the goal of the unit,
saving lives. Members of the S.W.A.T. team are on-call twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to
respond to any high-risk incidents. During 2010, the team responded to 19 critical incidents.
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K-9 Unit
The Loveland K9 Unit was originally created in response to the growing drug influence in our community
and surrounding areas. The unit was designed to assist in the detection of illegal drugs in vehicles and
homes where verbal consent or warrants allowed searches. The K-9 Unit has evolved into two specialized
purpose areas; drug detection and suspect apprehension.
The Loveland Police Department currently has three K-9 teams: Officer Rob Croner and K-9 D’Jango,
Steve Colburn and K-9 Kyro, Greg Harris and K-9 Brisco. All three teams are Drug and Patrol Certified.
Weekly, each team spends over 20 hours training individually plus an additional 16 hours a month as a unit.
Utilizations for the unit continue to rise; this can be accounted for in the rise of criminal activity, suspect
apprehensions, high-risk motor vehicle stops, the need for additional resources, and officers becoming
more and more aware of the value this unit provides to the department. K-9 teams have located handguns,
stolen property, and successfully tracked suspects as they ran or hid from officers on scene or prior to their
arrival.
Loveland Police Department’s K9 Unit has placed drug interdiction and eradication as a priority for
enforcement action. The K-9 teams have been utilized 269 times for the detection of drugs in vehicles,
apprehension of suspects, and locating evidence; they have been a resource for Colorado State Patrol,
Larimer County Sheriff’s Department, Ft. Collins and Berthoud Police Department as well as being involved
with the Special Investigation Unit and Special Weapons and Tactics Unit during warrant attempts.
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Mounted Patrol Unit
Despite 2009 budget cuts that officially removed the Mounted Patrol Unit from the Police Department budget,
the Unit continued to function thanks to the community partnerships that have been developed with Hearts and
Horses and the Rocky Mountain Lazy J Bar S Ranch. Without the support of these community based
ranches, the unit would have no homes for the two City-owned police horses; Justice; a quarter horse
purchased in 2004 and Trigger, a quarter horse paint that was donated to the unit in 2007.
In 2010, the Mounted Unit’s six specifically trained Mounted Officers provided support service to the Fourth of
July celebration, Sculpture in the Park, and special events as requested. In addition, Mounted Officers worked
extra patrols in specific problem areas along the bike/hike recreation trails of the City and various
neighborhoods. The unit was also available to aid in attempts to locate missing persons, both young and
elderly.
Mounted Patrol members attend a
―Changing Leads‖ Graduation
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Liquor Enforcement Unit
The Loveland Liquor Enforcement Unit consists of three officers, a Sergeant and a Lieutenant. The purpose
of the unit is to educate, train and enforce liquor code violations. In 2010, trainings were presented quarterly
on the Liquor Code with approximately 300 people in attendance.
Out of 16 establishments that had show cause hearings during the year, a total of 95 days were held in
abeyance, licenses were suspended 33 days and 14 establishments paid fines. Some were a combination of
suspension and fine. One establishment was closed for numerous violations.
A compliance check was run with the assistance of State Liquor Enforcement. Of the 88 establishments
checked, there were 15 violations.
Field Training Unit
The Field Training Unit is managed by a Lieutenant who serves as the Field Training Advisor and a Sergeant,
who is the program coordinator. Lieutenant Rick Arnold is the current advisor and is responsible for the
overall management of the program. The coordinator in 2010 was Sergeant Jeff Fisher who was responsible
for managing the day to day activities of the field training officers and probationary officers.
The Field Training Unit is currently comprised of 13 field training officers - 11 patrol officers and 2 Community
Service Officers. Three officers were working in specialized assignments in 2010 and were not available for
training new personnel. The Field Training Unit lost two training officers in 2010. One officer was
administratively re-assigned and one officer was re-assigned to the Special Investigations Unit.
The Unit successfully trained one new Community Service Officer and two police officers in 2010. Community
Service Officer John Gebhardt is a retired member of the United States Air Force and successfully completed
the ten-week C.S.O. training program.
Our two police officers came to the Loveland Police Department as lateral officers from out of state. Officer
Tim Knopp came to us from the Washington State Highway Patrol, and Officer Jeff Pyle formerly worked for
the Willowick, Ohio Police Department. Both officers successfully completed the abbreviated eight-week
lateral training program.
Swearing in ceremony
Officer Jeff Pyle, Officer Tim
Knopp, and Chief Luke Hecker
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Swearing in ceremony
Community Service Officer John
Gebhardt and Chief Luke Hecker
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Loveland Police Peer Support Team
The Loveland Police Department is proud to provide a specially trained Peer Support Team to provide support
and assistance to Police Department employees and their families who encounter stressful events and
circumstances throughout their careers.
Peer Support services have been a part of the Loveland Police Department since 1990. The Peer Support
Team responds not only to critical incident scenes, but also works with peers on issues from the job or home
that may interfere with their focus and safety at work.
LPD’s Peer Support team works quietly and effectively behind the scenes with their co-workers to provide vital
support during particularly stressful times. They also have assisted in explaining Peer Support efforts to
students in the Loveland Police Department’s Citizen Academies.
Crisis Intervention Team
Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) gives police officers additional strategies and tools for identifying, preventing
and de-escalating mental health crisis calls. CIT decreases arrest and injury rates for people with mental
illness, increases officer and citizen safety, and enhances public involvement in law-enforcement efforts. With
the significant cuts in other service provision options, the Police frequently face the challenge of intervening in
these crisis situations by default.
The Loveland Police Department has 28 Police Officers trained in Crisis Intervention. The Officers’ current
assignments range from patrol to investigations and across every shift. Though we still do not have enough
officers to ensure that one is available on every shift and every day of the week, CIT Officers are often available and volunteer to assist with crisis calls involving people suffering from mental illness including depression
or suicidal thoughts. They attempt to resolve the incident with minimal force and the most appropriate
referral to additional services or to provide additional insight into cases involving persons who are in crisis and
may be struggling with a mental illness.
Officers in Crisis Intervention Training
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2010 was the year of change in this Division. The Division includes the following Units:
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Criminal Investigations Unit (CIU) - this unit includes Criminal Investigators who
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investigate Crimes against Persons and Property Crimes. One of the changes in this
unit was the re-assignment of the Street Crimes Unit (SCU), which handles Gang Activity as well as Parole
and Probation issues, back under the supervision of a patrol supervisor in the Operations Division.
The Technical Support Unit (TSU), which handles all of the department’s found property and evidence, also
had a change. With the retirement of Sergeant Ron Andersen after 35 years of service, Sergeant Brent
Newbanks was selected to supervise this unit.
Also assigned to the CIU are the Investigative Technicians. One of these technicians had her duties changed
from handling Pawnshop issues, which are now dealt with automatically through the ―Leads On Line‖ SaaS
vendor, to handling other administrative duties within the unit. The second technician handles all of our Sex
Offender Registrations and follow ups as well as fingerprinting certain Municipal Court violators.
Community Resource Unit (CRU) – within this unit are the School Resource Officers (SROs) – who handle
most criminal investigations within the schools, as well as proactive classroom sessions and interactive
counseling with students. Throughout 2010, the five SROs took over 800 offense reports and made over 400
arrests within the schools in the District.
Crime Prevention Officer (CPO) - the CPO conducts numerous Safety Audits for businesses, provides
recommendation for the prevention and reporting of crimes to both businesses and private citizens. This
Officer also presents a wide variety of safety classes to children’s groups within the community. He positively
touched the lives of over 2600 children during these presentations.
Also under the supervision of the Unit’s Sergeant, the Loveland Senior Police Volunteers (LSPV) work to
assist with Vacation Home Checks, traffic monitoring, and special events. This group of dedicated volunteers
donated in excess of 5,000 hours to the department and the citizens of Loveland throughout 2010.
Special Investigations Unit (SIU) – this unit is assigned to the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force (NCDTF).
The Task Force is made up of members of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies who all work
together to investigate major drug cases in the Larimer County region. Several substantial drug trafficking
Organizations were disrupted, and numerous drug offenders were arrested by the men and women of this
unit.
The Division is also responsible for scheduling and staffing special event requests throughout the year. This
process is administered by the Division’s Administrative Assistant. She was responsible for the coordination,
approval, and staffing of over 350 special events in 2010.
Throughout the year each of these units has handled a number of major cases and events. As a reader of this
Annual Report, you will see in the pages that follow the number of cases that were investigated, the number of
programs and presentations that were given and the number of special events that took place during 2010.
Enjoy this report.
The personnel of the Support Services Division are a dedicated, compassionate, and professional group of
men and women that provide many efficient and effective services to the citizens of Loveland. It is a pleasure
to work with such fine people.
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Criminal Investigations Unit
The unit saw the retirement of Sergeant Ron Andersen after a long career serving the public – his replacement
Sergeant Brent Newbanks was tasked to take over supervision of Property Detectives and the Technical
Support Unit. The unit saw a drop in felony cases assigned to the unit by 33% year-to-date as compared to
last year’s statistics. Overall the unit has a 63% clearance rate with Part 1 crimes; homicide, sex assault,
robbery, felony assault, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
Here are some of the more notable results of 2008/2009 homicides that were resolved in 2010:
A 2008 shooting death in a local high school parking lot where the defendant plead guilty to 2nd degree
murder and was sentenced to 38 years at the Department of Corrections.
A 2009 beating death where the defendant plead guilty to 2nd degree murder and was sentenced to 25
years at the Department of Corrections.
A 2009 shooting death where the defendant plead guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years at
the Department of Corrections.
The Sex Offender Registration Team (SORT) was formed with members of the Street Crimes Unit, Detectives,
and Criminal Investigation Technician with the mission of ensuring that all registered sex offenders complied
with their terms and conditions.
In August the SORT conducted ―Operation Shepherd‖ an operation that was designed to verify that all 147
registered sex offenders were in compliance. As a result, 8 sex offenders were arrested for various violations –
additionally warrants were issued for several other violators.
Technical Support Unit
The Technical Support Unit (TSU) is responsible for evidence collection, processing and storage. Crime
Scene Technicians (CST) are responsible for crime scene processing and evidence collection. The Criminalist
oversees the department CST program providing training to officers who want to specialize in the field of
crime-scene examination and processing.
The CSTs are assigned to other duties (i.e. patrol) and perform crime-scene processing in a collateral capacity.
During the calendar year 2010, CSTs spent 901 total hours working various crime scenes, taking photographs
and collecting evidence.
In 2010, a total of 4,399 pieces of evidence were submitted to the evidence / property unit for further
processing or storage. Each case can contain as little as one item all the way up to the major cases which can
have 100 items or more per case. This includes cases involving found property which were also submitted.
The majority of the found property is held for 90 days or returned to the rightful owner before it is sold on-line at
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The unit is currently staffed by one Sergeant, who shares time between the Criminal Investigations Unit and
Technical Support Unit, a Criminalist who also works out of the Northern Colorado Regional Forensics Lab in
Fort Collins, one full-time Evidence Technician and four Crime Scene Technicians whose primary
responsibilities are with patrol.
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Special Investigations Unit
The Loveland Police Department Special Investigations Unit (S.I.U.) is the primary unit within the Police
Department for the investigation of the illegal manufacture and distribution of illicit drugs. The primary focus
for this unit is large scale drug trafficking operations that impact our community, Larimer County and the State
of Colorado.
S.I.U. consists of one sergeant, three detectives and an administrative clerk, who are all assigned to the
Northern Colorado Drug Task Force (NCDTF). This Task Force is a joint effort of agencies in Larimer County
and, in addition to Loveland PD officers also has officers from Colorado State University Police Department,
Fort Collins Police Services, and the Colorado National Guard.
In 2010, the NCDTF focused on major drug trafficking organizations involved in the distribution of cocaine,
methamphetamine and marijuana. The NCDTF focuses on networks of distribution and major organizations
to give a more significant impact to the drug networks and the community. In 2010, the NCDTF disrupted or
dismantled numerous drug trafficking organizations including one with direct ties to a major drug cartel.
NCDTF is also responsible for responding to, processing and collecting evidence at clandestine
methamphetamine labs in Larimer County.
Members of the NCDTF continue to give presentations on methamphetamine recognition and awareness
throughout the city and local community.
The task force continues to support the Drug Endangered Children committees. This program is working for
the children who are victims of drug abuse environments. We have also worked consistently with DHS to
enforce protocols for evaluating children that have been exposed to a drug environment.
The Special Investigations Unit is interested in hearing from citizens that have information about drug crimes.
The tip line for leaving this information is (970)416-2560.
NCDTF methamphetamine case where 10.4 pounds of
methamphetamine were discovered concealed in a car battery
from a major methamphetamine trafficking organization
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Community Resource Unit
The Community Resource Unit (CRU) is comprised of five School Resource Officers, a Crime Prevention
Officer (CPO), and a sergeant as supervisor. Each of the three high schools has an SRO assigned to that
school and the four middle schools now share two additional School Resource Officers thanks to the partnering
with the Thompson School District in 2009.
The School Resource Officers work with the Thompson School District providing law enforcement, a bridge to
community resources, as classroom instructors and mentoring.
The Crime Prevention Officer provides crime prevention efforts through public presentations, safety and
security assessments, and participation in community events. From the Safety Village to teach kids safety to
the Lock Box Program to provide extra safety to senior citizens, the Crime Prevention Officer stays quite busy.
The assignments are filled as follows: Officer Gary Patzer; Loveland High School SRO , Officer Jennifer Hines;
Thompson Valley High School SRO, Officer Bryan Bartnes; Mountain View High School SRO, Officer Denise
Martinchick; Bill Reed and Conrad Ball Middle School SRO, Officer Bobbie Jo Pastecki; Walt Clark and Lucille
Erwin Middle Schools SRO, Dave Sloat, CPO and Sergeant Greg Eisentraut, CRU supervisor.
The SROs generated 880 original and supplemental offense reports, 401 arrests or warrants, and 96 citations.
The CPO made safety presentations to approximately 2650 children, gave three Neighborhood Watch
presentations, ten Identity Theft/Scams presentations, one community shredding event, two robbery
prevention presentations, and conducted one security survey at Ferguson High School. There are currently
171 issued lockboxes, 28 more than last year.
There were 34 block parties for Loveland Community Night Out, more than at any time since the program was
initiated. The CPO also organized and held the annual Loveland Community Fishing Derby, and continued
providing ―Public Safety Hour‖ videos for Channel 16. Officer Sloat also conducted Loveland’s first participation
in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. During the event, we collected over 195 lbs of pills.
Loveland Community Night Out
Fishing Derby at Lake Loveland
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In a recent discussion I had with our Information Manager Teri Kuhlman, we discussed
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the work of sworn personnel in providing law enforcement services and protection to
the community, and the vital support work of Information Services personnel to provide balance and
documentation to assist the officers to complete their mission. Our Information Services Units must provide
the proper support to their co-workers in the field in order for them to successfully complete their work.
Our Communications Division provides instant, critical communication from the moment a citizen calls to the
relaying of the details to not only responding police officers but fire and medical personnel as well. Imagine
how well any police department could function without having immediate, critical communication between the
responders and the community. Our Communications Personnel work in a high stress, constantly changing
environment where no two calls are alike.
Our Records Personnel provide a critical role as well. When I first began my career, I was told that the most
important piece of equipment I carried was not on my duty belt, but in my pocket. What could that be? My
pen of course. The tool used to take notes, write a report and properly document the ―Who, What, When,
Where, Why and How.‖ Without the pen, the work of a sworn officer is all for naught.
We have, of course, moved on from the use of only pen and paper, but the importance of properly documenting a report is still one of the most critical aspects of police work and it is the unsung employees of the
Records Division that complete this all too important aspect of law enforcement.
Besides the need for professional, dedicated employees, we also strive to provide them with the best
technology available. LPD’s Records Management Systems provide vital access to our internal and external
customers to instantly access reports, identify a video of a traffic stop or a mug shot of a suspect.
Communications must also have the best hardware and software we can provide, to allow them for example
to coordinate between multiple officers and agencies on different frequencies at the same time during large
scale and critical events.
Both Communications and Records provide critical functions for the Loveland Police Department to meet our
Mission Statement and live up to our Values. Without them, the emergency responders could not efficiently
and safely work to provide the citizens with professional police services. Please take the time to read more
about their year in the following pages.
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Information Services Division
Mark Gaisford
Communications
Manager
Carmen Bloom
Becky Kamoske
Communications Supervisors
Emergency Communications Center
The Loveland Emergency Communications Center is the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for the
southern half of Larimer County. We cover approximately 260 square miles, serving 270,000+ citizens, as well
as dispatching for the Loveland Police Department, Loveland Fire and Rescue Department, Loveland Rural
Fire Protection District, Berthoud Fire Protection District, Big Thompson Canyon Volunteer Fire Department,
Thompson Valley EMS, and the Berthoud Police Department (nights, weekends and holidays).
The Loveland Emergency Communications Center consists of 19 full-time employees: Mark Gaisford –
Manager; Carmen Bloom – Supervisor; Becky Kamoske – Supervisor; Chris Shoemaker – Lead; Tina Ochs –
Lead; Beverly Archuleta, Mike Scofield, Kari Gonzales, Kim Colwell, Amy Kuehl, Sara Williamson, Meghan
Adent, Erica Snyder, Heidi Ryan, Travis Tebbe, Clint Swain, Lacey DeMars, and two open positions. We work
4 ten hours shifts, with a minimum of three Communications Specialists on duty from 11 am – 1 am and two
from 1 am – 11 am. All Communications Specialists are trained to be call takers, Emergency Medical
Dispatchers, fire/EMS radio dispatchers and police dispatchers.
911 calls to the PSAP rose in 2010 to 39,906, an average of 109 calls per day. We also answered 108,766
non-emergency phone calls, creating approximately 78,637 calls for police services and 13,608 calls for fire/
EMS.
We are proud of many accomplishments this year: re-accreditation as an Accredited Center of Excellence
(ACE) through the National Academies of Emergency Medical Dispatch, on December 6th, 2010. We were the
116th Center to become accredited; however, today there are only 98 Centers that are currently accredited.
We recognized Kim Colwell with a Life Saving Award and also as the 2010 Dispatcher of the Year.
Letters of Commendation were awarded to Chris Shoemaker, Mike Scofield, Becky Kamoske, Clint Swain,
Travis Tebbe and Sara Williamson. Erica Snyder was the 2nd recipient of the ACE award for maintaining 100%
EMD compliance for the entire year.
Accredited Center
of Excellence
Emergency Communications
Center Personnel
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Information Services Division
Crime Analysis
Crime analysis is a responsibility of the Police Information Manager serving as an analytical
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resource to the Department and Community to help identify crime patterns and trends,
Information Services
assist in prevention and suppression of crime, assist in apprehension of criminals and
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provide flexibility in responding to current public safety needs. Research, information
management, planning and analytical expertise is provided and used for a variety of administrative, strategic
and tactical activities of the Loveland Police Department including:
Crime mapping
Local crime statistical analysis
Serial offense data analysis
State and national crime statistical services
Special project design, analysis and reporting
Officer training
Strategic planning for resource deployment
Workload analysis
Program evaluation
Citizen surveys
The Loveland Police Department is committed to using technology to help combat crime and improve public
safety in Loveland. The unit actively utilizes GIS technology to map crime locations, determine possible
suspects and improve the effectiveness of resource deployment. In addition, statistical software is utilized to
compile and analyze data from a variety of sources including police reports, CAD calls, census information
and other statistical data.
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Information Services Division
Records Section
Kim Pals
The Records Section responds to a broad range of questions and requests for information
Records Supervisor and assistance from members of the Police Department, City government, citizens, the
media and other public officials and agencies.
They serve as the central repository for all police reports and related records. They maintain strict
accountability for all police reports, accident reports, citations and other law enforcement records. They
provide access to information and supply copies to the public for documents requested under guidance of
Colorado state laws.
The Records Section is responsible for handling incoming telephone requests for Records information and
assisting citizens who come to the lobby of the Police Department with questions and concerns.
The Records Section continually works to improve access to critical information for investigators, officers,
administrators and the public; increase security of vital records; eliminate redundancy of information in
electronic formats; improve classification of information; make better use of information technology; provide
higher quality and faster service to our customers; determine, analyze and improve the flow of work; and
increase staff productivity.
The Records Section is managed by a civilian Police Information Manager and includes a Records
Supervisor, seven Records Clerks, a Lead Records Clerk and a number of Loveland Police Department Senior
Volunteers (LSPV). Due to staffing shortages, the Unit modified over 25 processes to enhance productivity
and accuracy during 2010.
A major responsibility of the Loveland Police Department’s Records Section involves the preservation of
important documents and information for the Department. In 2010, one of our Unit goals was to scan certain
historical paper documents and make them easily accessible to all members of the Department. We
completed this goal in December and have successfully scanned the Annual Reports dating back to 1963,
Monthly Uniform Crime Reports dating back to 1973, and monthly departmental statistics dating back to 1984.
This historical data is often needed for comparative analysis by various members of the Department. These
scanned documents can now be easily accessed whenever needed and for a variety of purposes and
information.
The documents also provide some interesting reading. For example, the 1963 annual report indicates that
officers handled 298 traffic accidents and issued 991 traffic
summons – 91 for speeding. The 1977 annual report states the
population in 1976 was 24,900.
We hope that the documents will be useful to members of the
Department. The documents provide a glimpse into our past and
will illustrate how much things have changed throughout the past
decades.
Records Section Personnel
Not pictured-Joy Johnston
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Professional Standards Unit
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The Loveland Police Department maintains a Professional Standards Unit (PSU) that operates under the
supervision of an administrative lieutenant who reports directly to the Chief of Police. The unit is staffed by
the administrative lieutenant, a sergeant assigned to Personnel and Training, and a sergeant currently
assigned to Accreditation. The PSU is responsible for:
Conducting administrative and internal affairs investigations
Conducting hiring, recruitment, and promotional exams within the Police Department
Coordinating all department in-service and external training
Maintaining standards for National Accreditation
Conducting unit audits or staff inspections
Internal Affairs
The following table summarizes the number of complaints that were received in 2010 in comparison to the
previous three years:
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2009
2010
Internal Affairs Complaints
14
4
4
4
Supervisory Inquiries
4
1
2
2
Concern Reviews
16
34
34
36
Total Complaints Logged
34
39
40
42
2008
2009
2010
Citizen Complaints
30
32
36
Sustained
1
6
8
Not Sustained
7
7
8
Unfounded
6
3
6
Exonerated
11
13
11
Internal (Directed Complaints)
9
8
6
Sustained
5
6
4
Not Sustained
3
0
0
Unfounded
0
2
0
Exonerated
1
0
0
External
Overall, complaints increased 11% this year but held at a fairly consistent level over the past few years. The
number of total complaints logged increased by four from 2009 numbers. The percentage of total number of
complaints (42) to the total number of complaints having at least one sustained violation (8) is 19%. In less
than one-fifth of our total complaints, a police employee has been found to have violated a Department or City
policy.
Internal Affairs complaints (serious allegations) remained the same at four in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Supervisory Inquiries (mid-level allegations) also remained the same as the two in 2009. Concern Reviews
(minor allegations) increased slightly with 36 compared to 34 in 2008 and 2009. No major policy or procedural
changes in the complaint process can be associated to these quantitative changes in the above complaint
data.
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Professional Standards Unit
Police Calls for Service vs. Complaints
The following is a comparison of the Police Calls for Service:
2003
57,477
2004
52,230
2005
66,300
2006
67,809
2007
72,825
2008
73,571
2009
74,462
2010
78,637
Calls for police service increased by 4175 calls or approximately 5% over last year. The calls for service to
complaint ratio for 2008 was 1,886 calls for service to one complaint. For 2009, the calls for service to
complaint ratio was 1,862 to one complaint, slightly decreased. In 2010, the ratio of calls for service to
complaint increased to 1,872 calls to each complaint.
In 2010, complaint allegations stayed consistent with 2009’s complaint numbers at all levels of investigation.
The ratio of calls for service to complaints decreased with a significant increase in police calls for service
generated. One potentially significant difference was the increase of the number of sustained allegations (14)
to the total number of complaints (42): 33% compared to 2009, when the percentage of sustained complaints
was 28% (according to the 2009 summary). No pattern of complaints or areas of concern have emerged from
the analysis of complaint data for 2010.
It is important to recognize, however, that the frequency of complaints when contrasted with the significant
increase in police calls for service has declined to the level of 1,872 calls for service for each complaint
received.
Use of Force and Unusual Occurrence Reports
This is an analysis of the Unusual Occurrence Reports (U.O.R.) filed in 2010. This is primarily limited to
incidents where a police officer had to use physical force to effect an arrest, any discharge of a firearm, motor
vehicle accidents, officer/suspect injury, pursuits, and private property damage. The following is the breakdown
by year, for Use of Force Occurrences:
Use of Force
Firearm
ECD (Taser)
Baton
OC
Weaponless
Total Types of Force
Complaints (From Use of Force)
2008
4
4
4
4
39
55
2009
1
6
1
8
22
39
2010
2
12
2
9
28
56
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1
2
In 2010, there were 56 use of force incidents in comparison to 39 incidents in 2009. Taser usage doubled from
6 in 2009 to 12 in 2010. OC usage increased from 8 in 2009 to 9 in 2010. Also, weaponless (hands-on)
incidents were up from 22 incidents in 2009 to 28 in 2010. In 2010, one use of force incident was determined
to be out of policy as was only one in 2009. Firearms discharges increased from one in 2009 to two in 2010.
These discharges were related to animal incidents as was the only discharge reported in 2009. One of the two
discharges related to firing in the direction of an animal to frighten it away from a citizen and the discharge was
held to be outside of policy. Excluded from the Firearms discharges were three less lethal munitions deployments including one used in an animal incident.
Summarily, it appears clear that physical resistance and obstruction of Police is increasing. The continued
vigilance in training properly with reference to the actual situations encountered is highly recommended.
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Professional Standards Unit
Pursuits
Vehicle Pursuits
2008
2009
2010
Total Pursuits
10
1
3
Policy Compliant
5
0
2
Policy Non-Compliant
5
1
1
Accidents
1
1
0
Injuries (officer/suspect/third party)
1
0
0
Traffic offense
Unknown
1
Felony
Unknown
2
Misdemeanor
Unknown
0
Policy Compliance in LPD Pursuits
It should be noted that all of the pursuits that took place in 2008 occurred during the first two quarters of the
year. A contributing factor for the sudden decrease in pursuit numbers is due to the fact that during the third
quarter of the 2008 a substantial policy change was put in place limiting pursuits to violent felonies. That
significantly contributed to only one pursuit occurring in 2009.
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The following is a summary of significant factors made from reviewing the three pursuits in 2010:
Both of the policy-compliant pursuits involved crimes of armed violence that aided in making the
pursuits essential.
Both of the policy-compliant pursuits were conducted by fully marked patrol cars.
Both pursuits were conducted on city streets in residential areas.
In both cases, maximum suspect speeds were estimated to reach 70 MPH.
One pursuit held within policy was concluded by Tactical Vehicle Intervention after an
approximate five minute engagement.
The above pursuit was initiated after a burglary alarm from a hardware store weapons counter
where evidence indicated guns had been stolen in the burglary.
This pursuit engaged a Chrysler Sebring sedan occupied by two male suspects.
One pursuit held within policy was actually terminated (after two minutes) by the supervisor
when the vehicle was determined NOT to be the actual vehicle suspected in the armed assault
from which pursuit was initiated. That vehicle (a Subaru Station Wagon) later crashed after the
Police terminated pursuit properly.
This vehicle was ultimately found occupied by three male occupants.
During both of the above incidents, traffic volume was light.
No injuries were sustained during these pursuits.
The one pursuit that was found to violate policy was conducted at approximately 2240 hours on a
Saturday night.
This pursuit was initiated after a driver had been contacted and identified as a result of a traffic
violation. When the officers learned the driver had an unverified felony warrant, the driver fled.
Despite having identified the driver with a name and date of birth that verified he was driving under
restraint, officers pursued him.
The suspect was driving a Chevrolet Camaro at the time of the pursuit and drove in light traffic from
a general rural area toward the City. He later crashed in a neighborhood park, but fled again from
that area, ultimately abandoning the Camaro on a street in the neighborhood.
The officers pursuing were both in marked patrol cars.
Suspect speed was estimated at 60 MPH while police speeds reached 80 MPH during the
approximate 1.9 mile pursuit.
No injuries were involved in this pursuit resolution.
Overall for 2010, the Loveland Police Department has continued a positive trend in police pursuits. With the
change of the pursuit policy to a stricter ―Violent Felonies‖ only policy, the factors involved in the pursuit and
the techniques used to resolve them may be of higher risk than in the past.
With an apparent increase in the violent nature of crimes committed and the relative desperation of the
suspects to escape, continued training in pursuit intervention techniques, including stop stick deployment and
tactical vehicle interventions, is highly recommended.
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Loveland Senior Police Volunteers
The Loveland Senior Police Volunteers (LSPV) completed their 15th year of service to the Department by
contributing 5,049.5 volunteer hours during 2010. While this represents a decrease of hours from 2009, there
were four resignations during the year while one member has been on extended medical leave and two
others on partial leave during the year. Three new volunteers were brought on board, with one just beginning
their training.
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
Administrative duties again accounted for the most hours logged with 2,564. Working the front desk saw
hours increase over 2009 with 1,622.5. Other clerical duties accounted for 649 hours, meetings took up 233
hours, training 29.5 hours and another 30 hours on miscellaneous duties.
PATROL DUTIES
Patrol duties accounted for 1,878.25 hours. Vacation Home Checks accounted for 947.75 hours; Abandoned
Vehicle Checks, 528.5 hours; Handicapped Parking Checks, 196.5 hours; Code Enforcement, 86.5 hours;
Radar Checks, 51 hours; and miscellaneous duties were 68 hours.
The Abandoned Vehicle Hotline received 452 calls resulting in 236 warning notices issued, with 22 turned
over to CSO’s for follow-up.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Public Relations includes assistance with community based events and activities, with the volunteers serving
as Good Will Ambassadors for the Loveland Police Department. Santa Cops continues as the largest
endeavor in this arena with 389.5 hours served. Other activities that totaled 217.75 hours include assisting
with the annual Sculpture Show, Loveland Community Night Out, the Larimer County Fair Parade, the Corn
Roast Parade, the Stone Age Fair, acting as police department building tour guides, and walking the downtown business area and recreation trails.
MISCELLANEOUS
First, we thank the department for providing us with two "new" vehicles to use during our patrol duties. We
thank our Advisors for their leadership, wisdom, and assistance to the volunteers in carrying out their duties
and responsibilities. We continue to be blessed with two of the original charter members of LSPV, Sue Barger
and Peggy Strandvold.
Senior Volunteer Sue Barger continues to volunteer at the Police Department and is vital in helping to maintain Evidence and Property records up-to-date. Sue is a charter member who joined the organization in 1995
and has volunteered consistently through all 15 years.
Senior Volunteer Peggy Strandvold continues to volunteer at the Police Department after 15 years. Peggy
was one of the charter members of the organization and continues to assist in Records; frequently
volunteering to staff the front counter at the PD. She is also a co-chair of the Senior Volunteer program.
Sue Barger
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Peggy Strandvold
Explorer Post
2010 Explorers Conference in Gunnison, Colorado.
The Explorer Post has been a part of the Loveland Police Department for over 25 years. It was formed to
provide young men and women between the ages of 14 and 21 the opportunity to interact with police officers
and see if law enforcement is a profession in which they are interested. They are given the opportunity to ride
with officers and participate in training that parallels the police academy. They are tested and trained on the
skills in which the officers are trained.
The Explorers assist with many activities in the police department. They work traffic control in parades,
community service assistance, special events and assist other agencies. Some of the events are the 4th of
July, Art in the Park and numerous triathlons. The community service events range from Loveland Community
Night Out to assisting in searches for missing persons.
Additional duties are security for the Sculpture in the Park, the Annual Fishing Derby and any other event that
they are requested by the community. When riding with advisors or specified officers while on duty they utilize
the patrol radio, assist the officer with their administrative duties and on-scene assistance when needed.
The above picture shows the abilities of our Explorers and their pride in displaying it. This is the 2010
Explorers Conference in Gunnison, Colorado. The Loveland Explorers brought home three First Place
trophies, three Second Place Trophies, four Third Place Trophies and two 4th place Medallions and two 5th
Place Medallions.
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Police Chaplains
The Chaplains provided over 1200 hours of volunteer service to the citizens of Loveland. They
are always available to assist police department officers with their own personal spiritual needs. They keep
office hours in the police department and ride with officers on patrol. They are on-call to respond where their
services are needed 24 hours a day.
In 2010, the Chaplains were called upon 198 times to assist citizens and travelers with emergency lodging,
meals, and miscellaneous travel expenses. They are partially funded by the Salvation Army which has
greatly increased their ability to provide emergency lodging. Chaplains responded to assist officers in over
25 circumstances where grieving citizens were in need of counsel and support due to the deaths of family
members or friends and other overwhelming personal challenges.
The Chaplains hosted their annual Law Day program and breakfast in May of 2010. The keynote speaker for
the 2010 program was former US Senator and university president Hank Brown. Members of the law
enforcement community, the judiciary, and area attorneys are brought together for recognition and
appreciation for the peace and security they bring to our community.
The Loveland Police Chaplains currently have 16 members, all of whom are ordained clergy. The members
include: Kevin Blankenship, Steve Bauer, Phil Brewster, Loren
Boyce, Sathi Bunyan, David Feeder, Robert Garner, Larry
Haagenson, Wilbur Lindstrom, Bob Link, Dennis Miller, Joel
Pancoast, Brian Riecke, Harvey Ruegsegger, John Sanders, Ed
Smith, Travis Smith, JohnTurnage, and Scott VanLanken.
Department liaisons to the Chaplains program are Sergeant Bob
Shaffer, Officer Charlie Wilson and Detective Eric Roberts. To
each and every one, we offer our deepest thanks.
Santa Cops
Santa Cops is a non-profit organization consisting of representatives from Fort Collins Police Services,
Loveland Police Department, Larimer County Sheriff's Office, Colorado State Patrol, and Colorado State
University Police and countless private individuals and businesses, each of whom are vital to our success.
Together, we try to provide underprivileged children of Larimer County with three small gifts to bring a Merry
Christmas to their homes. These are children who come from all walks of life and differing circumstances, but
all are faced with financial limitations in their homes.
Our mission is to promote a positive law enforcement image with these children. Children need to experience
officers as caring people who are willing to provide positive support. Each Christmas season, our officers
personally deliver these presents to the children of the families that apply for our program.
In 2010, Santa Cops of Larimer County delivered gifts to over 1098 families, who were raising over 2741
children. Santa Cops is successful only because of its unique and delightful partnership with many private
citizens and businesses alike in Loveland and Larimer County.
Delivery day!
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C0mmunity Partnerships
Citizen’s Police Academy
Throughout the nation, police departments continually work to establish and maintain a strong sense of trust
and cooperation between the agency and the community they serve. Society expects and deserves to be able
to trust and have confidence in their police force’s ability to make them feel safe and secure in their
neighborhood.
Like many other police departments, the Loveland Police Department is required to provide these services in a
continuously changing environment. As growth takes place, the need to keep up with service demands also
increases. Governments have limited resources to divide between departments and police departments have
to improve upon using their resources more efficiently.
One way to use resources more efficiently is to get the community involved in the policing and problem solving
efforts of their police department and to help educate the citizens of the community about the Police
Department and its problem solving tools.
On November 18, 2010, twenty eight (28) students formally graduated the Loveland Police Department’s
Citizens’ Academy. A total of 32 of the original 40 students completed the ten week course at LPD. Many LPD
staff members provided instruction at the Thursday night Academy sessions that covered topics including:
Police Resources and Equipment, Emergency Communications, Use of Force, Taser and Less Lethal
Munitions, Traffic and DUI enforcement, Crime Analysis, Sex Offenders, Street Crimes Unit and Gangs,
Special Investigations Unit, S.W.A.T., Legal impacts, Police Stress and Trauma, K-9, Mounted Patrol,
Explosive Devices, Technical Support Unit, Community Resource Unit, and Identity Theft.
We thank all the instructors and those surrounding them who allowed them to present at the Academy whether
by granting permission or covering calls/districts in their absence. Many, many thanks to all of you!
Tim Brown
Mounted patrol demonstration
Officer Bryan Bartnes explosive
devices demonstration
Citizen’s Police
Academy Attendees
Officers Steve Colburn and
Rob Croner and K9 Kyro
Criminalist Stephanie Jackson
crime lab demonstration
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Honored Retiree Ron Andersen
Sergeant Ron Andersen retired from the Loveland Police Department on July 5, 2010
after serving 35 years with the Department. Ron was hired in 1975 and worked as a
Patrolman, a Detective, and as the Sergeant overseeing evidence processing,
collection, and storage. Ron’s career focused on evidence and crime scene processing
throughout his many successful years at the PD. At the time of his retirement, he
continued to serve in General Investigations overseeing Property Crimes.
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Sergeant
Ron Andersen
Honored Retiree John Manago
Lieutenant
Lieutenant John Manago retired from the Loveland Police Department in
December, 2010 after serving more than 21 years with the PD. John came to the
Loveland PD in July, 1989 from the New York City Police Department. His career in
Loveland included time as a Patrol Officer, Traffic Officer, and Detective, as well as
promotions to Corporal, Sergeant, and Lieutenant. John worked in Patrol,
Investigations, and the Professional Standards Unit throughout his career.
John Manago
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Dedication of Frank Peak Circle
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Police Vehicles Past and Present
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In Memory of Wendy Michaux
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2010 Awards
Letters of Commendation
Meghan Adent
Detctive Paul Arreola
Sarah Chartier
Detective Justin Chase
Steve Colburn
Detective Gerard Cortina
Sergeant Jeff Fisher
Tammy Fisher
Detective Scott Highland
Al Holstad
Sharon Hopkins
Detective Chris Kamoske
Becky Kamoske
Detective Brian Koopman
Ray Livingston
Katelyn McDonald
Steve Marchio
Deb Maupin
Sergeant Jim Mines
Eric Roberts
Tanya Romero
Sue Sauter
Mike Scofield
Sergeant Mark Stone
Detective Chuck Sutterfield
Clint Swain
Travis Tebbe
Sara Williamson
Meritorious Service Awards
Sergeant Jeff Fisher
Tim Yunger
Justin Lorenzen
Medal of Honor
Jim Wooldridge
Employee of the Year
Lifesaving Awards
Steve Colburn
Kim Colwell
Detective Scott Highland
Optimist Officer of the Year
Dispatcher of the Year
Elk Officer of the Year
Kim Colwell
Lisa Rakow
Civilian Employee of the Year
Unit Award
Lauri Holstad
Explorer Post
Ben Avitia
Chief’s Awards and Recognitions
Cornerstone Award—CSO Kerry Marion
Cornerstone Award—Karla Sprague
Cornerstone Award—LSPV Member Sue Barger
Cornerstone Award—Streets Department
Cornerstone Award—Facilities Management
Protecting the Neighborhood Award—Criminal Investigations Unit
Protecting the Neighborhood Award—Officer Dave Sloat
Letters of Commendation—Kim Pals, Sgt. Jan Burreson, Sgt. Ben Hurr
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2010
Annual Report
2010 Annual Report
Prepared by: Lieutenant Tim Brown and Lauretta Olson
Cover prepared by Sergeant Mike Halloran
Photographs provided by: Sergeant Mike Halloran,
Sergeant Ron Andersen, Officer Brandon Johnson, and Officer Steve Colburn
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