Public Safety Commission  
Meeting Minutes  
Thursday, April 4, 2024  
3:00 PM  
Castle Rock Municipal Courtroom  
100 Perry St., Castle Rock, CO 80104  
This meeting is open to the public. Please note that all times indicated on the agenda are approximate and  
interested parties are encouraged to be present earlier than the posted time.  
Call to Order and Attendance  
Vice-Chairperson Hammelman called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.  
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Present  
Vice Chair Clark Hammelman, Andy Powell, Don MacBrayne, Carl Smith, Debra Beck, and  
Laurie Van Court  
3 - Richard Morton, Steve Thayer, and Chairperson Nate Marsh  
Not Present  
Attendance  
4 - Laura Cavey, Norris Croom, Jack Cauley, and Deborah Stanley  
Approval of Meeting Minutes  
PS 2024-009  
Public Safety Commission meeting minutes - Mar. 7, 2024  
Attachments: PSC 03.07.2024 Minutes  
Mr. MacBrayne moved to approve the March 7, 2024 minutes. Ms. Van Court  
seconded the motion; the motion carried.  
6 - Vice Chair Hammelman, Powell, MacBrayne, Smith, Beck, and Van Court  
Yes:  
3 - Morton, Thayer, and Chairperson Marsh  
Not Present:  
Fire Department Report  
PS 2024-010 CRFD February Report  
Attachments: CRFD February Report  
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Commission members were emailed a copy of the Fire  
Department’s February report prior to today’s meeting.  
Wildland mitigation work has begun on the Town portion of the  
Timber Canyon subdivision (14 acres on the south-east side).  
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High risk area with rugged terrain.  
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Working on bringing back the goats to Metzler Open Space.  
May be moving forward with the joint mitigation project for Timber  
Ridge. Working with the County to create a shaded fuel break.  
Deputy Chief Martin will be retiring in July. Division Chief (DC)  
Bersagel-Briese has been selected as his replacement. DC  
Bersagel-Briese will start the transition process May 1.  
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This will leave an opening for a new Training Chief. Looking  
at whether there is interest and qualified members within the  
department to fill the position  
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If we fill the position from within, this will create a trickledown  
effect with additional promotional opportunities. Preferable to  
fill from within, but acknowledge that there are some benefits  
from hiring outside the agency.  
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The department is down a Paramedic (who recently moved to  
California), and a Lieutenant who will be retiring in May.  
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The department will be sending three recruits to West  
Metro’s Academy this fall.  
The department has hired an Owners Representative for the Station  
156 construction project. This is the same group that managed  
Station 152.  
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The site, in the Cobblestone Ranch area will not only house  
the fire station but also a Parks and Open Space Trailhead  
parking lot, (which was already planned for this plat). In  
addition, a Logistics Facility may be added alongside the  
station.  
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Chief Croom was asked about fleet services. We have our  
own fleet mechanic who works out of the PSTF, which is not  
an ideal space for large apparatus repairs. This issue was  
identified in the department’s Strategic and Master Plan.  
The department could build Station 156 and the Logistics  
Facility in stages, but this would increase total costs. The  
goal is to complete it all at the same time.  
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The request for proposal (RFP) will be developed for an  
architect. The plan is to have station design start in June,  
and construction to start late this year/early next year. It  
should take 12 to 18 months to build with an opening date in  
mid-2026.  
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Chief Croom was asked if the Open Space Trailhead parking  
lot will be constructed at the same time. Not sure, as this is a  
Parks Department project.  
The Town owns the land but the site will need to be replatted  
and rezoned. The size of the fire station will be  
approximately12,800 square feet and the Logistic building,  
approximately 9,700 square feet; the facility will be built to  
accommodate future potential technological changes.  
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Brief discussion on virtual attendance. Commission members are  
allowed to attend virtually as long as they provide 24-hour advanced  
notice. The current House Bill going through the Legislature may  
change this.  
Police Department Report  
PS 2024-011  
CRPD February Report  
Attachments: CRPD February Report  
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Commission members were emailed a copy of the Police  
Department’s February report prior to today’s meeting.  
The department received 100 applications for its current hiring  
process.  
The department added a SRO at World Compass Academy and is  
in talks to add two more SRO’s to area schools as part of a  
one-year contract.  
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Chief Cauley gave a presentation of the Police Department’s 5-Year  
Strategic Plan.  
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The 5-Year Strategic Plan has been completely redone to  
better reflect the department’s philosophy - One-By-One  
Policing. The Department will host an open house on April 29  
for input.  
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The Strategic Plan’s three pillars are People, Innovation and  
Community.  
The People pillar contains Eight Dimensions of Wellness:  
emotional, environmental, intellectual, spiritual, occupational,  
financial, social, and physical.  
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The Innovation pillar addresses enhanced transparency,  
training on de-escalation techniques, continuous  
development and implementation, the placement and use of  
therapy dog teams, drones as a first responder program and  
utilizing technology networks.  
The Community pillar addresses the Citizens Police  
Academy, utilizing community safety volunteers, community  
outreach programs, news releases, utilization of customer  
survey forms, Victims Assistance Unit, volunteers, and Rock  
Watch.  
Lead from the heart, earn trust of team members, identify  
and retain community minded team members, continue  
memberships and engagements with the International  
Association of Chief of Police and the Police Executive  
Research Forum is the path forward.  
Once the community has had a chance to review the plan, it  
will be presented to Council and then placed on the website.  
Request made to provide a quick follow up next month of the  
citizen response to the Strategic Plan.  
New Business  
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Interviews for open Public Safety Commission positions are scheduled for  
May 14. Typically, the Chair participates in the interview process but they  
will be one of the candidates re-applying. Commission member Van Court  
volunteered to sit in on the interviews.  
Old Business  
Adjourn  
N/A  
Mr. Hammelman made a motion to adjourn the meeting; all were in favor.  
The meeting adjourned at 4:32 p.m.  
The next Public Safety Commission meeting is scheduled for May 2, 2024.