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Participate in the community listening tour to share your experiences and perceptions of the Broomfield Police, as well as your ideas for police engagement in Broomfield! The Broomfield Police Department (BPD) is excited to hear directly from the community. Learn how you can participate in these community listening sessions by reading below.

Project Overview

This listening tour is an opportunity for you to connect with BPD and give honest feedback. Your participation will help the BPD understand what the department is doing well, what they can improve and how community members want to engage with the police. Throughout 2024, the BPD will be listening to community members through community listening sessions, focus groups and online surveys.

Happening Now: Community Listening Sessions

Participate in a community listening session to share your experiences interacting with the police, what you feel the BPD should focus on and how you think police engagement in Broomfield can be improved. At the community listening sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in group activities and discuss topics in small groups facilitated by Broomfield police officers. The BPD is excited to listen to the community and hear firsthand experiences, concerns and ideas.

Community listening sessions will be held at the following dates and locations. Registration is required:

  • June 12 from 4-6 p.m. at the Broomfield Community Center.
  • July 10 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Broomfield Community Center.
  • Oct. 30 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Broomfield Library. Light dinner and door prizes provided. Sign up today!

Public Engagement

There are multiple opportunities for you to share your experiences and feedback with the Broomfield Police. These include an online pulse survey, participating in a community listening session and participating in a focus group. The BPD will compile and analyze stories and experiences shared by the community to determine the department’s strengths and identify ways to improve engagement with the community. All feedback will be compiled, analyzed and shared with the BPD, City Council and the community.

Participate in the community listening tour to share your experiences and perceptions of the Broomfield Police, as well as your ideas for police engagement in Broomfield! The Broomfield Police Department (BPD) is excited to hear directly from the community. Learn how you can participate in these community listening sessions by reading below.

Project Overview

This listening tour is an opportunity for you to connect with BPD and give honest feedback. Your participation will help the BPD understand what the department is doing well, what they can improve and how community members want to engage with the police. Throughout 2024, the BPD will be listening to community members through community listening sessions, focus groups and online surveys.

Happening Now: Community Listening Sessions

Participate in a community listening session to share your experiences interacting with the police, what you feel the BPD should focus on and how you think police engagement in Broomfield can be improved. At the community listening sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in group activities and discuss topics in small groups facilitated by Broomfield police officers. The BPD is excited to listen to the community and hear firsthand experiences, concerns and ideas.

Community listening sessions will be held at the following dates and locations. Registration is required:

  • June 12 from 4-6 p.m. at the Broomfield Community Center.
  • July 10 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Broomfield Community Center.
  • Oct. 30 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Broomfield Library. Light dinner and door prizes provided. Sign up today!

Public Engagement

There are multiple opportunities for you to share your experiences and feedback with the Broomfield Police. These include an online pulse survey, participating in a community listening session and participating in a focus group. The BPD will compile and analyze stories and experiences shared by the community to determine the department’s strengths and identify ways to improve engagement with the community. All feedback will be compiled, analyzed and shared with the BPD, City Council and the community.

  • Summer Public Listening Sessions

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    Thank you to everyone who participated in the public community listening sessions! The BPD hosted community listening sessions at the Broomfield Community Center on June 12 and July 10. These sessions were open to the public and participants received a light dinner, door prizes and childcare. Participants engaged in two activities: a poster activity and small group discussions. In each activity, they answered question prompts and shared their honest experiences and ideas while Broomfield police officers listened and took notes. Some themes that arose during the sessions included:

    • Desire for improved two-way communication with the community
    • Community engagement and increased patrol presence in neighborhoods
    • Traffic enforcement
    • Questions about what the BPD does
    • Generally high satisfaction with the BPD

    In August and September, the BPD will meet with various focus groups to ensure that they’re hearing from a cross section of the community. Keep an eye out for additional community listening sessions in the fall and swing by National Night Out on Aug. 6 to learn more about safety and emergency services in Broomfield!

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  • Teen Focus Group

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    The first of many listening sessions kicked off this past Thursday with the teen focus group! 20 teens from the Broomfield area participated in various engagement exercises led by officers such as cardstorming and small group conversations. Some themes included concerns about school and traffic safety, uncertainty about what to do if approached by an officer, and a desire to see the BPD foster more trust and interactions with the community. Their honest feedback will be helpful as the BPD continues the summer listening tour and meets with various community groups. Thank you to everyone who participated!

    If you’d like to participate in an upcoming session, you can register for the July 10 session which takes place 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Broomfield Community Center. The BPD is also reaching out to groups and organizations in Broomfield to host a more focused listening session for their members. If you are a part of a group interested in holding a listening session, contact Commander Kent Wichlacz at 303-464-5717 or kwichlacz@broomfield.org.

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  • Impressions of the Broomfield Police Survey Recap

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    Thank you to everyone who took the Impressions of the Broomfield Police survey! In total, 266 community members shared their thoughts and experiences in this online format between Dec. 8, 2023 and March 15, 2024.


    Information received from the survey will help the BPD prepare for community listening sessions in summer 2024. It will inform topics of community interest to discuss at the listening sessions and help the BPD identify segments of the community they’d have yet to hear from. Survey data, in addition to stories and experiences shared at the listening sessions, will help the BPD understand what they’re doing well and how they can best engage with the community. Stay tuned Listening Sessions will be happening this summer!

  • BPD Hosted Listening Sessions for Employees

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    In May 2023, the BPD led two listening session workshops with City and County of Broomfield (CCOB) employees. During the listening sessions, the 35 attendees participated in two hands-on and discussion-based activities. They were asked to consider topics such as concerns they have when interacting with the Broomfield Police Department, important functions of the BPD and things that would be helpful to change at the BPD.

    Themes the BPD heard from CCOB saff during these sessions included:

    • A desire for increased engagement
    • More education about what the police do and why
    • Relationship building
    • Increase positive interactions
    • Continue to address social issues such as mental health, homelessness and drug use

    The BPD will consider staff feedback along with community feedback as they seek to understand how to best engage with the community. Thank you to all CCOB employees who participated!

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Page last updated: 08 Oct 2024, 06:05 PM