A note of appreciation

The members of the Ad-Hoc Community Trust Commission (CTC) are volunteers who signed up to serve on this commission because we care deeply about Loveland and want to work toward repairing the relationship between Loveland citizens and the City of Loveland government (the City).

We would like to acknowledge the contribution of many individuals, departments and organizations that have given their time and considerable expertise helping the CTC to understand the inner-workings of the City so that we might better address the issues that contributed to the breakdown in trust and make the best possible recommendations for improvement.

We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to the following:

• Jeffrey Range – Our patient and talented CTC Facilitator who has helped us organize and function.
• Sam Light, Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency (CIRSA) General Counsel for providing an overview of the law enforcement litigation and claims process as well as information about the City’s Insurance coverage and risk management.
• Former Police Chief Robert Ticer for speaking with the CTC and answering our many questions.
• Assistant Chief Ray Butler, Professional Standards Sergeant Brian Bartnes and Lieutenant Jeff Pyle for delivering an in-depth presentation of the Blue Team process and for answering CTC’s many questions about use of force and Blue Team reporting.
• Nicole Yost, Engagement Coordinator and Public Information Officer (PIO) for the City for presenting the Let’s Talk Loveland online platform and what her office can do to help CTC conduct community surveys and town hall-style engagement events. Ms. Yost also worked diligently to create the Loveland Trust Project - CTC’s page on Let’s Talk Loveland.
• Amber Greene and Amy Phillips from the Loveland Public Library for their presentation highlighting the library’s use of the Harwood Process and Presencing Institute’s approach to facilitating community listening sessions.
• Loveland Police Lieutenant Jeff Pyle, Jesse Boyd and Susannah West of SummitStone for their presentation on the Co-responder Program and the Mobile Crisis Program. We were impressed by their commitment to create a great partnership between LPD and SummimtStone.
• Isabel Gwilliam and Chief Randy Lesher of Thompson Valley Emergency Medical Services for their presentation of the Community Assistance Referral and Education Service (CARES) Program.