Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 54 minutes ago
On May 13, 2025, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) held a swearing-in and pinning ceremony for the agency’s next Chief of Police and Emergency Management, Steve Martingano. The chief will lead a growing police department that is responsible for the personal safety and security of more than 3,000 employees and customers across a service area in eight counties and 40 municipalities.
Martingano joined RTD in 2015 as a commander and was promoted to deputy chief in 2017. During his time at the agency, he has worked to modernize RTD’s police deployment and response model by introducing sector policing. Martingano also pioneered the first mental health co-responder unit in transit policing, a program that was later expanded to include outreach coordinators focused on the unhoused population.
On May 13, 2025, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) held a swearing-in and pinning ceremony for the agency’s next Chief of Police and Emergency Management, Steve Martingano. The chief will lead a growing police department that is responsible for the personal safety and security of more than 3,000 employees and customers across a service area in eight counties and 40 municipalities.
Martingano joined RTD in 2015 as a commander and was promoted to deputy chief in 2017. During his time at the agency, he has worked to modernize RTD’s police deployment and response model by introducing sector policing. Martingano also pioneered the first mental health co-responder unit in transit policing, a program that was later expanded to include outreach coordinators focused on the unhoused population.
