Longmont Department of Public Safety (LDPS) officers use their discretion to redirect those suspected of crime associated with substance use to intensive case management services instead of jail. Instead of defaulting to the justice system, this alternative uses a harm-reduction approach along with community-based support services and coordinated care. Longmont LEAD participants experienced a 59 percent decrease in all legal incidents and a 50 percent reduction in arrests.

An interim evaluation of the LEAD program revealed measurable progress:

• 50% reduction  in rearrests for LEAD participants
• 25% reduction in summonses after referral to LEAD

LEAD in the News

Longmont LEAD Program Helping People, Reducing Recidivism Per City Report

Contact:

For questions regarding the Longmont Public Safety LEAD program please email staff.

For non-urgent calls regarding LEAD, please call the information line: 303-774-4791

If you are having trouble connecting with your Peer Case Manager and would like to be transferred to their voice mailbox, you may call the Longmont Emergency Communications Center (LECC) at 303-651-8501. For an emergency, please call 911.