Boulder Police Department

This morning, Cmdr. Phillip E. successfully led a fare enforcement operation at the Boulder Downtown Transit Center, including RTD Transit Police riding the buses. Customers, employees, and community members engaged in conversations, expressing their appreciation for the presence of officers at the Boulder Downtown Transit Center. I want to thank our partners, the Boulder Police Department and Allied Universal, for their invaluable assistance and ongoing collaboration.

Veterans serve our country in different roles of our military branches and for a variety of reasons. To all of them we say thank you for your dedicated service, today and every day. You keep our country safe and make our communities better. The Boulder Police Department is proud to have nearly 40 sworn and professional staff members who have served or who currently serve our country. These brave women and men represent the Marines, the Coast Guard, Army, the Reserves, the Navy, and the Air Force. Their years of service range from a few years to 16 years and everything in between. At your BPD they serve in Dispatch, all three Patrol watches, Traffic, Investigations, Training, and the Mall and Homeless Outreach teams. These are just a few of them and we are proud they continue their service to the community here in Boulder.

City manager names Stephen Redfearn next police chief Internal candidate lauded for relationships within the department and clear understanding of the community’s vision for transformative policing ? BOULDER, Colo. – City Manager Nuria Rivera-Vandermyde announced today that she has named Stephen Redfearn as the next police chief for the City of Boulder. Redfearn has been a member of the Boulder Police Department for three years and has served as interim chief since January 2024. The decision follows a national and competitive search that highlighted the importance of choosing a candidate who can lead the department through a time of significant evolution to achieve the progressive and transformative vision in Boulder’s Reimagine Policing Plan, which Redfearn helped create. “I have watched Steve take on the challenges that face his profession with heart, strategic thinking and a clear understanding that policing needs to change,” Rivera-Vandermyde said, “and I believe he is uniquely positioned as our next chief. Steve understands the importance of establishing deep relationships with the community we all serve, and I am confident he will both lean into the promise of Reimagine Policing and make it a reality.” Redfearn joined the Boulder Police Department as deputy chief in 2021, after 25 years in policing-related public service. He started his career as a cadet and as a 911 dispatcher, including during the Columbine High School mass shooting. Redfearn later joined the Aurora Police Department, where he worked for two decades, in a variety of roles from patrol officer to division chief. As Division Chief of Operations, he managed more than 400 employees in patrol operations, SWAT, district detectives, and the field training program. While supervising an anti-crime team, then-Sergeant Redfearn responded to the Century 16 Theatre shooting in July 2012 where he took a leadership role in overseeing the triage and transport of multiple victims as well as the apprehension of the killer. Redfearn was credited with saving multiple lives that night. Full news release: https://lnkd.in/g974sYpi

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Community partnerships are what it’s all about and we’re so thankful for the ones we have with CU!

On Monday, Commander Rachael Clark and I had the privilege to attend the CEO welcome at the Lakewood/Jeffco police academy. Excited to share that we have 12 new recruits that have embarked on this 21 week journey! I had the chance to chat with them and I am as equally excited as they are to have them on the team! Thanks to the Lakewood Police Department and Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Colorado for allowing us to be a part of your top notch academy! We’re getting closer to fully staffed but still hiring! Come be a part of our family! #police #policetraining #hiring #policeacademy

It has been a great day raising awareness and gathering donations for Special Olympics athletes here in Colorado. Thank you to Chili's for hosting another year’s Tip-a-Cop event. Boulder Police Department #lawenforcementtorchrun #LETR #SOCO #SpecialOlympics

I started my career working in a 911 dispatch center and it had been quite some time since I sat at a console. Tonight I spent a shift with our amazing Boulder Police Department Communications Center where we dispatch for police and fire. It was such a good reminder of the tough work that our telecommunicators do everyday to keep us safe and bring order to chaos. Thanks for the opportunity Brad Riggin, you have a top notch team! Photo credit Dionne Waugh #emergencydispatch #policecommunications #e911 #bouldercolorado #police

Are you a woman who’s interested in becoming a police officer but not sure where to start? Check out our BPD Women’s Recruitment Expo on Saturday, August 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.! You’ll see demonstrations from a variety of our different units and hear from some our female officers about your career options as a Boulder Police officer. You can also see what our physical agility test is like and how to go through it with some of our instructors. Finally, you’ll enjoy a complimentary lunch with Interim Chief Stephen Redfearn. Throughout the expo, we encourage you to ask any questions you might have. Please register for free via this link: https://lnkd.in/givCNKDW Until then you can learn more at www.BPDJobs.com!