Lakewood Police Spokesman To Retire

From Lakewood: Steve Davis, the public information officer or PIO for the Lakewood Police Department has announced his retirement. Davis, the spokesman for the department since early 2003 will leave February 2, after nearly fifteen years as Lakewood’s PIO.

Prior to his time at Lakewood, Davis spent nearly 22-years as a deputy with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. There, after almost 20-years as a uniformed patrol officer he stepped into the role of the PIO for the last 2 ½ -years. He left the Sheriff’s Office in late 2000 to assume a position as the director of security for the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Torch Relay.

On completion of the 2002 Olympics, Davis returned to the Denver area and began his role with the Lakewood Police Department.

“I look back on my career and realize how very fortunate I’ve been” said Davis. “I’ve had a very good working relationship with not only the Denver area media, but with many of those at the National level as well. I’ve met and made some very close friends who are members of the media.”

“Nothing shaped my PIO career more than dealing with the massive amount of media following the shootings at Columbine High School in 1999. I was relatively new as the PIO and had to learn the role at an incredibly accelerated rate. I was lucky to have many experienced PIOs in the area to help me.”

As a uniformed patrol officer, Davis was involved in numerous major cases. “Some were tragic and heartbreaking others, exciting and fun” said Davis. “All in all, it’s been a career I wouldn’t trade for anything. It’s those whom I’ve worked with that I will miss the most.”

In addition to his duties for Lakewood Police Department, Davis is the current president of the Emergency Services Public Information Officers of Colorado – ESPIOC. The organization is made up of over 170 members statewide, who represent their respective agencies.

In the NIOA -National Information Officers Association – a group of almost 800 PIOs from around the country, Davis has been a long time member and is currently one of 9 regional directors within the organization. “These are organizations, positions and people that I will miss terribly” said Davis.

Davis and his wife Loretta, plan to remain in the Denver area, at least for the time being. He added, “Now perhaps I can get to work on getting my golf handicap down to a respectable number!”

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