Preparing for and Responding to a Line-of-Duty Death

Sunday, October 15, 2023

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM PST

Location: Room: 5AB

Submitter and Speaker(s)

Stephen Redfearn

Deputy Police Chief
Boulder Police Department, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado, United States

Speaker(s)

Nicholas Metz

Chief of Police (Ret.)
Code 4 Counseling, LLC
Lone Tree, Colorado, United States
Danny Veith

Police Officer
Denver Police Department, Colorado
Denver, Colorado, United States

With an increase in violence against law enforcement including complex incidents involving line-of-duty deaths, police executives must be prepared for the worst. To think “it can’t happen here” will set an agency up for failure if tragedy strikes, thus leaders must be prepared ahead of time to respond to these critical incidents. In 2017, the Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation, a nonprofit foundation was formed to respond to line-of-duty deaths anywhere in the state of Colorado. The foundation, made up of active duty and retired law enforcement has developed best practices in preparing for and responding to line-of-duty deaths, and law enforcement leaders in Colorado have come to rely upon the lessons learned and preplanning from the foundation’s training, which is being offered throughout Colorado.