Title 16, Criminal Proceedings

(1) A city attorney, town attorney, senior assistant city attorney, assistant city attorney, chief deputy city attorney, deputy city attorney, special deputy city attorney, prosecuting attorney, senior prosecuting attorney, senior prosecutor, or special prosecutor employed or con…

A Fort Carson police officer is a peace officer while engaged in the performance of his or her duties. Fort Carson police officers are employed by the Fort Carson police, a federal civilian law enforcement agency within the state of Colorado. A Fort Carson police officer's author…

(1) A special agent, uniform division officer, physical security technician, physical security specialist, or special officer of the United States secret service, referred to in this section as a "secret service agent", in any jurisdiction within the state of Colorado, is a peace…

Administrators of judicial security employed by the judicial department are peace officers while engaged in the performance of their duties whose primary authority includes the protection and security of the judiciary, judicial department personnel, and judicial facilities and wh…

A Colorado ranger is a peace officer defined as a reserve police officer in section 16-2.5-110 whose duties are limited pursuant to section 24-33.5-802 and who must be certified by the P.O.S.T. board. Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (HB 25-1181), ch. 36, p. 179, § 2, effec…

The administrator of legislative safety for the general assembly, and any personnel appointed by the administrator of legislative safety to assist in performing the administrator of legislative safety's duties pursuant to section 2-2-329, are peace officers whose authority includ…

(1) The general assembly finds that it is necessary to ensure that clear standards exist for obtaining peace officer status in the state of Colorado. The general assembly further finds it made statutory changes in 2003 to end the stratification of peace officers and ensure all pe…

(1) For a position, group, or political subdivision that received peace officer status after July 1, 2003, and did not go through the process described in section 16-2.5-201, the P.O.S.T. board shall review the peace officer authority of the position, group, or political subdivis…

Pursuant to article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., the P.O.S.T. board shall promulgate rules establishing the criteria that shall be applied in determining whether to recommend peace officer status for a group or specific position as provided in section 16-2.5-201 (4). Source: L. 2004: E…

As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Decedent" means a person whose death is caused by a peace officer's use of force. (2) "Decedent's immediate family" means the spouse, any child by birth or adoption, any stepchild, the parent, the stepparent, a s…

(1) (a) Each police department, sheriff's office, and district attorney within the state shall maintain protocols for participating in a multi-agency team, which must include at least one other police department or sheriff's office, or the Colorado bureau of investigation, in con…

(1) A peace officer who is participating or has participated in the investigation of a criminal matter involving the use of force by another peace officer that results in death shall not make an extrajudicial statement on behalf of a law enforcement agency that the peace officer …

(1) The general assembly hereby declares that: (a) Peace officers involved in incidents involving a shooting or fatal use of force should have access to immediate support; (b) The experience of police and public safety mental health professionals and scientific research show that…

As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Law enforcement agency" means: (a) The Colorado state patrol created in section 24-33.5-201; (b) The Colorado bureau of investigation created in section 24-33.5-401; (c) The department of corrections created in s…

(1) Each law enforcement agency shall develop and maintain a policy for supporting a peace officer who has been involved in a shooting or fatal use of force. An involved officer may include a peripheral officer present at the scene who reports an impact or requests supportive ser…

As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Credibility disclosure notification" means the notification described in section 16-2.5-502 (2)(c). (2) "Law enforcement agency" means a state or local agency that employs peace officers. (3) "Peace officer" mean…

(1) On or before January 1, 2022, each law enforcement agency and district attorney's office shall adopt and implement written policies and procedures consistent with the statewide model for peace officer credibility disclosure notifications created and recommended by the peace o…