Lieutenant Colonel
Colorado State Patrol
Lakewood, Colorado, United States
Lt. Colonel Joshua Downing began his career with the Colorado State Patrol in July 1998. He served as a Trooper and Corporal in Jefferson and Weld Counties. He was promoted to Sergeant and then Captain both in the Hazardous Materials Section. He promoted to Major of the Staff Services Branch and worked in the Training Services Branch. On February 1, 2018, Downing was promoted to Lt. Colonel and has been assigned to all three Regions over the past 6 years.
Lt. Colonel Downing has served as an instructor for the Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO) program, a chair for the CVSA Level VI program, is the Chair of the Colorado Task Force for Drunk and Impared Driving and has worked nationally to impact the law enforcement community. He graduated from the 140th Adminitrative Officers Cousre at the Southern Police Insitutute at the Univerity of Louiville in 2018, and PERF's 91st Senior Managment Institute for Police in 2024. Lt. Colonel Downing was recognized with the C.A.S.T. Award in 2002, and is an alumni of Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colo.
Lt. Colonel Downing is married with two children, one of which his oldest son becaome a Trooper with CSP in March of 2023.
Monday, October 21, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET