Special Operations Division Commander Jason Lyons manages the Special Operations Division. This division includes: 2-sergeants, 3-Community Partnership Unit officers, 2-school marshal officers, 3-school resource officers, 1-community response team officer, 4-traffic officers and 1-downtown liaison officer. The division is supported by 2-animal control officers, 10-community safety volunteers and 2-administrative volunteers. The Special Operations Division specializes in the following units: • Animal Control Unit (ACU)
Community Partnership Unit
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The Community Response Team is a partnership with Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and numerous civilian agencies in the Metro area dealing with mental health concerns in our community. The collaborative unit is comprised of four teams, consisting of an officer or deputy teamed up with a mental health clinician. These teams go into the field and work with those in crisis, freeing up patrol officers to deal with assigned duties. A case manager supports and guides those in need to available community resources. Currently, each team works 40-hours per week dealing with people in crisis and conducting follow-up sessions.
Bike Unit Community Events Community Partnership Unit (CPU) Community Response Team (CRT) Downtown Liaison Officer (DLO) School Resource Officers (SRO) School Marshal Officers (SMO) Traffic Unit Volunteers in Policing (VIPS)
Animal Control Unit
The Animal Control Unit is comprised of two full-time animal control officers and is responsible for animal licensing, animals at large, dangerous animals, returning lost animals to their owners, barking dogs, investigating dog bites and animal cruelty. Information on how to license your pet is found within our police pages on the Town’s website: CRgov.com/ AnimalLicensing.
The CPU addresses community issues and works in several programs including the Crime Free MultiHousing and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) programs. Both proactive programs assist in reducing crimes within our community. Our CPU officers utilize problem-solving methods to address a variety of community issues: homeowners associations, downtown parking, community events, graffiti and school-related concerns. Community Response Team
Officers in Schools
The department provides three full-time school resource officers who dedicate their time during the school year to Castle View High, Mesa Middle and Castle Rock Middle schools. The School Marshal program is a partnership between the police departments of Douglas County, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Douglas County School District. Our two school marshals work at the various Community Events elementary and middle schools throughout Town, This division works closely with other agencies and is responsible for staffing the appropriate police personnel providing additional school security and student for Town-sponsored events and many outside vendors. mentoring. Traffic Unit More information is found under “Find an Event” or navigating directly to: CRgov.com/Events. Castle Rock promotes traffic safety by requiring specifically-trained officers to be dedicated to crash Note: Most of the Town’s 2020 special events were investigation, enforcement of state and municipal canceled due to the COVID-19 restrictions. traffic laws, traffic complaints and drunk-driving recognition. The unit consisted of four officers enforcing traffic laws and improving road safety.
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Castle Rock Police Department
