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08/31/2026

🏍️ Lane Filtering (legal in Colorado) ≠ Lane Splitting (illegal in Colorado)

👉🏼 Colorado law allows lane filtering for motorcycles, but that does not equate to lane splitting.

So, what’s the difference between filtering and splitting? 🧐

🛣️ Lane filtering allows a two-wheeled motorcycle to pass stopped traffic under very specific conditions.

✅ Traffic must be completely stopped. The motorcycle must travel 15 mph or less. The motorcycle must pass on the left side of a vehicle in its lane. Enough room must exist for the motorcycle and vehicle to safely share the space. Only two-wheeled motorcycles qualify.

✅ Once traffic begins moving, the motorcycle must stop filtering and merge back into traffic.

🚫 Lane splitting generally involves a motorcycle traveling between lanes of moving traffic. Colorado’s lane-filtering law does not authorize this practice.

So, why does Colorado allow lane filtering?

🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 The law aims to reduce the risk of severe rear-end crashes involving motorcycles, particularly when riders sit stopped between vehicles. Moving to the front of stopped traffic also can improve a motorcyclist’s visibility and reduce the risk of being struck from behind.

A few things Colorado law does not allow with filtering:
👎🏼 Riding into oncoming traffic to pass.
🙈 Using the right shoulder to pass.
⛔️ Passing on the right side of the farthest-right vehicle.
🛑 Continuously filtering once traffic begins moving.
🚳 Lane filtering by three-wheeled motorcycles, mopeds, e-bikes or electric scooters.

Know the difference. Share the road.

⚠️ Vehicle drivers, watch for motorcycles. Motorcycle riders, watch for vehicles. Filtering, though legal, may not always be practical, so please ride with caution.

Loveland Police Citizens’ Academy Returns each Tuesdays This October 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Residents learned a lot during the City’s “Lo...
08/30/2026

Loveland Police Citizens’ Academy Returns each Tuesdays This October

🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Residents learned a lot during the City’s “Loveland 101” series. One prominent message we heard after our presentation was, “Bring back the Citizens’ Academy.”

So, this October, it returns! 🎉

👉🏼 Join us each Tuesday in October from 6 to 9 p.m. for an inside look at the many areas of the Loveland Police Department, including Criminal Investigations, SWAT, K9, Communications, Patrol, Forensics, and much more.

This won’t simply involve sitting through presentations. Participants will have opportunities to interact with LPD personnel, ask questions, explore police operations and technology, and take part in hands-on experiences designed to provide a closer look at the people behind the badge and the work they do every day.

🚔 You’ll learn how calls get handled, how investigations develop, how specialized teams prepare for critical incidents, and how many different roles come together to keep our Sweetheart City safe.

Attend at least three of the four sessions to earn a Citizens’ Academy certificate. 🎓

Space will be limited to 40 participants, so don’t wait to sign up. 📝

♥️ Ready to join us? Visit LovelandPD.org and register under Programs & Services.

⚠️ Update, 5:15 p.m.Eisenhower Blvd. is being reopened. Congestion should be expected for quite some time, but eastbound...
08/28/2026

⚠️ Update, 5:15 p.m.

Eisenhower Blvd. is being reopened. Congestion should be expected for quite some time, but eastbound lanes are beginning to move again.

Thank you all for the patience and understanding.

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Traffic Crash Alert — Public Advisory

A serious crash has occurred just east of Rocky Mountain Avenue on Eisenhower Blvd.

Currently, all eastbound lanes of Eisenhower Blvd. at Rocky Mountain Avenue are closed. Traffic is being redirected.

Motorists should avoid the area and expect significant delays.

Updates will be provided once the roadway reopens.

We’re often asked questions like, “Why so many traffic posts?” “Why do you conduct traffic stops?” “Why do you use red l...
08/28/2026

We’re often asked questions like, “Why so many traffic posts?” “Why do you conduct traffic stops?” “Why do you use red light cameras?” and “Why do you need a mobile radar vehicle?” 🚔

🚸 This year alone, we’ve had more than a dozen bicyclists struck, along with several scooter riders, a person in a wheelchair, and nearly 20 pedestrians involved in crashes. We have to slow this pace down.

👉🏼 The facts tell the story, and the story gives the reason why traffic enforcement matters.

Safe driving starts with the person behind the wheel. Enforcement follows. We prefer to see responsible drivers.

🏎️ For real though, it feels like Loveland roadways have turned into a real life Mario Kart game.

We hear the labels: Pavement Pirates. Revenue Renegades. Even Red Coats. We even have people who justify reckless driving and careless behavior. Mind blowing, we know. Especially if you’ve been the victim of one those drivers. 🏴‍☠️

The goal of our department remains simple: encourage good driving, educate on the dangers of bad driving, and enforce when needed. Lately, the latter has been needed a lot.

📢 We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: the power to keep us from writing citations falls into your hands. Slow down. Put the distractions away. Pay attention.

And remember, Mario, Luigi and King Koopa aren’t traveling down Eisenhower Boulevard, so your need for speed won’t help anyone save the princess. 👸🏽

♥️ Please, Loveland, drive like someone’s life depends on it. Because it does. This isn’t a game.

📱Technology Helping Us Answer the Call When you call 911, every second matters. Our Loveland Emergency Communications Ce...
08/27/2026

📱Technology Helping Us Answer the Call

When you call 911, every second matters. Our Loveland Emergency Communications Center serves as the intake center for the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority, Thompson Valley EMS, Berthoud Fire Protection District, and our own Loveland Police Department.

⚠️ One resource that helps us manage thousands of calls each month is the technology offered through Prepared Live. This helps our Communications Specialists gather information, communicate with callers, and provide critical details to responding personnel.

Prepared Live currently gives our team the ability to text callers, send a link for live video, request photos, provide live transcription of calls, generate a call summary, assist with location routing and mapping, and provide translation services.

👉🏼 These tools give our Communications Specialists more ways to understand what’s happening and help responders arrive with better information.

Technology continues to evolve, and so do we. Behind every 911 call, skilled people use these tools to help connect you with the right resources when you need them most.

Loveland, you deserve the very best from your Emergency Communications Center.

♥️ Our commitment to you remains simple: we will continue looking for better tools, exploring new possibilities, and investing in our people so we can provide the highest level of service possible when you need us most.

🦸🏼‍♀️ Thank you to the superheroes of our Comms team!

💌 The Blue Envelope Program Now Offered 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 At the Loveland Police Department, every interaction matters. For many peo...
08/26/2026

💌 The Blue Envelope Program Now Offered

🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 At the Loveland Police Department, every interaction matters.

For many people, a traffic stop feels inconvenient. Sometimes, stressful. For others, including individuals with autism or other communication differences, it can quickly become overwhelming. 🚔

💙 That’s why we’re excited to introduce the Blue Envelope Program.

This simple program helps drivers keep important documents together while discreetly letting an officer know they may benefit from a little extra time, clear instructions, or a different communication approach. Better communication reduces stress, creates greater understanding, and supports safer interactions for everyone involved.

🚸 We know many families in our community include someone with unique communication needs. This program offers one more way to build trust and strengthen the partnership between our officers and the people we serve.

👮🏼 If you or someone you know could benefit from the Blue Envelope Program, stop by the Loveland Police Department Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or ask any Loveland police officer for one during a non-emergency contact.

🎉 Sometimes, the smallest resources make the biggest difference.

📰 National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day August 21 marked National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, a day ...
08/25/2026

📰 National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

August 21 marked National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, a day created by Facing Fentanyl and families affected by illicit fentanyl poisoning to remember those lost, educate communities, reduce stigma, and help save lives.

For the Loveland Police Department, this issue goes far beyond statistics.

❤️‍🩹 Every overdose/poisoning represents a person. Every death leaves behind family, friends, coworkers and an entire circle of people who have to figure out how to move forward. Those families deserve compassion, answers and support, not judgment.

🏙️ This week, our very own Chief of Staff, Rob Pride and Narcotics detective, Dan Bontz joined families, first responders, prevention advocates, educators and elected officials in recognizing National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day in New York City’s Times Square. Both spoke at the event and shared their passion for helping all those affected by fentanyl addiction, and sadly, death from overdose.

🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 The message from law enforcement was simple:

We see you. We hear you. We stand with you.

Our department remains committed to investigating fentanyl-related deaths, supporting affected families, and treating the people at the center of these cases with dignity and humanity. We also recognize our responsibility to help prevent future deaths, which includes education, enforcement, and intervention.

♥️ See the comments section for information about our Narcan kiosk, along with the story of Andrew, a Loveland resident who died from a fentanyl overdose.

🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Community Forum Announcement: September 9, 5:30 p.m. It’s with great pleasure the Loveland Police Department anno...
08/24/2026

🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Community Forum Announcement: September 9, 5:30 p.m.

It’s with great pleasure the Loveland Police Department announces a new series of Community Forums Chief Doran is initiating. These are designed to engage, educate, and connect with residents of our Sweetheart City.

👉🏼 Our first forum will focus on red light cameras and our mobile radar vehicle on Wednesday, September 9, inside the Police Institute at 810 E. 10th Street.

🗓️ Doors open at 5 p.m. | Forum begins at 5:30 p.m.

Ask Questions. Get Answers. Know the Facts.

⚠️ Attendance will be limited to the first 50 people, with Loveland residents and Loveland business owners receiving priority seating. Verification will be required to ensure priority seating opportunity.

We’re seeing genuine interest from our community in understanding how these tools work, why we use them, and what happens when a potential violation occurs. More importantly, residents have told us they want information directly from their police department, not third parties or from online sources.

🚸 This forum will serve as the first of what we hope will become a regular series of Community Forums focused on topics important to the residents we serve.

We’ll provide information, answer questions, address concerns and, most importantly, listen.

We hope you’ll join us on Wednesday, September 9. No reservation required, first come first seated, as noted. ♥️

08/23/2026

🚔 The Annual Loveland Police and Loveland Fire Rescue Authority softball scrimmage was a blast! 🚒

🥎 Each department played a game against the incredible “All Abilities” softball teams sponsored by Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Being there to support these superstars brought smiles to everyone’s faces, especially the athletes, many of whom compete through Special Olympics. 😃

🏆 Thank you for making Wednesday evening such a special one for all of us. Our two departments may have lost the games, but the night was a huge win!

08/23/2026

We’re so thankful for the invitations to be part of so many incredible community events.

From our volunteers helping at Art in the Park, to members of our department joining the MADD Walk, to stepping onto the softball field with some amazing All Abilities athletes, we’ve had an absolute blast. Add in NoCo Hero Fest, the Corn Roast Festival and so many others, and it’s easy to see why the Sweetheart City never ceases to amaze us.

Every invitation gives us another opportunity to connect with the people we serve, build relationships and have a little fun along the way. We’re grateful to call this community home and even more grateful for the opportunity to serve it.

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