9.7K views · 186 reactions | The Lakewood Police Department is proud to introduce you to our newest tool in the fight against crime: our Drone as First Responder (DFR) program. With the implementation of this program, Lakewood joins a growing list of communities across the nation that are embracing drone technology to modernize public safety and build stronger connections between law enforcement and the people they serve. | Lakewood Police Department | Facebook

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1K views · 18 reactions | Have you heard of our Community Action Team (CAT)? This select group of Agents are the forefront of our community policing efforts around Lakewood. Sgt. Alesch sat down with our friends from Lakewood Colorado City Government's City Scene to talk more about the CAT Team. | Lakewood Police Department | Facebook

It took five tries over seventeen years for Colorado to become a state. Why did four attempts fail, and the fifth succeed? That’s the story behind 38th Star: Colorado Becomes the Centennial State, an exhibition now on view at the History Colorado Center. Statehood established much of what we know and love about Colorado—our shape, our name, our state symbols, the educational institutions we still have today. But not everyone supported statehood 150 years ago. The process of statehood was shaped