Title 24, Government - State
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-312 School resource officer training
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(1) On or before January 1, 2014, the P.O.S.T. board shall identify a school resource officer training curriculum to prepare peace officers. (2) To the extent practicable, the training curriculum described in subsection (1) of this section shall incorporate the suggestions of rel…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-313 Training concerning abuse and exploitation of at-risk elders
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(1) On or before January 1, 2014, the P.O.S.T. board shall create and implement a training curriculum to prepare peace officers to recognize and address incidents of abuse and exploitation of at-risk elders, as described in sections 18-6.5-102 (1) and (10), C.R.S. (2) On and afte…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-313.5 Training concerning abuse and exploitation of at-risk adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
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On or before June 30, 2016, the P.O.S.T. board shall create and implement a training curriculum to prepare peace officers to recognize and address incidents of abuse and exploitation of at-risk adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as described in section 18-6.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-314 Advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement training
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(1) On and after October 1, 2013, the P.O.S.T. board is encouraged to include advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement training as an elective to basic field sobriety test training recertification. (2) Subject to the availability of sufficient moneys, the P.O.S.T. board sha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-315 Annual in-service training requirements
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(1) (a) The annual in-service training programs must include proper restraint and holds training, a two-hour anti-bias training program, and, in alternating years, either a two-hour community policing and community partnerships training program or a two-hour situation de-escalati…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-316 Attorney general to provide identification cards to retired peace officers upon request - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Peace officer” means a certified peace officer described in section 16-2.5-102. (b) “Photographic identification” means a photographic identification that satisfies the description at 18 U.S.C. sec. 926C (d)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-317 Training requirements concerning peace officer interactions with persons with disabilities
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(1) Subject to available appropriations, beginning July 1, 2022, the basic academy curriculum must include the curriculum for training concerning interactions with persons with disabilities recommended by the commission on improving first responder interactions with persons with …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-318 Administrative law judge appointment
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The P.O.S.T. board chairperson may appoint an administrative law judge or hearing officer pursuant to article 4 of this title 24 to conduct hearings, administer oaths, take affirmations of witnesses, issue subpoenas compelling the attendance of witnesses and production of records…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-319 Training related to missing indigenous persons - development - basic and in-service training required
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(1) The P.O.S.T. board shall work with the office of liaison for missing and murdered indigenous relatives created in section 24-33.5-2603 to develop and facilitate training for peace officers on issues relating to missing or murdered indigenous persons investigations. (2) Beginn…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-320 Persons with deferred action for childhood arrivals status - rules - definition
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(1) The P.O.S.T. board may promulgate rules for the administration of or compliance with requirements for an eligible immigrant who is seeking a certificate issued pursuant to this part 3. (2) For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “eligible immigran…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-321 Peace officer conduct database - definition
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(1) The P.O.S.T. board shall create and maintain a database in a searchable format to be published on its website containing information related to a peace officer's: (a) Untruthfulness; (b) Three or more failures to follow P.O.S.T. board training requirements within ten consecut…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-401 Definitions
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Smokeless tobacco settlement means the settlement agreement between the state of Colorado and various domestic smokeless tobacco products manufacturers, dated November 23, 1998, which was approved by the district …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-402 Enforcement by attorney general
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that both the tobacco settlement and the smokeless tobacco settlement impose numerous duties and obligations on the parties to those settlement agreements relating to the marketing and advertising of tobacco products and the payment of damage…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-403 Funding
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The attorney general may use any custodial funds recovered as costs and attorney fees under the tobacco settlement agreement to offset any costs incurred in overseeing and enforcing the tobacco settlement agreement and the smokeless tobacco settlement agreement. Source: L. 2000: …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-601 Short title
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This part 6 shall be known and may be cited as the Safe2tell Act. Source: L. 2014: Entire part added, (SB 14-002), ch. 241, p. 889, � 2, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-602 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) The purpose of this part 6 is to empower students and the community by offering a comprehensive program of education, awareness, and training and a readily accessible tool that allows students and the community to easil…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-603 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department means the department of law. (2) In camera review means an inspection of materials by the court, in chambers, to determine what, if any, materials are discoverable. (3) Materials means any records, rep…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-604 Administration of article
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The attorney general shall administer the provisions of this part 6. Source: L. 2014: Entire part added, (SB 14-002), ch. 241, p. 890, � 2, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-605 Delegation of duties
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The powers and duties vested in the attorney general by this part 6 may be delegated to qualified employees of the department. Source: L. 2014: Entire part added, (SB 14-002), ch. 241, p. 890, � 2, effective August 6.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-606 Safe2tell program - creation - duties
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(1) There is created, within the department, the safe2tell program. (2) The program must: (a) Establish and maintain methods of anonymous reporting concerning unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities in schools or the threat of those activities; (b)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-607 In camera review - confidentiality of materials - criminal penalty
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(1) (a) The safe2tell program and persons implementing and operating the program shall not be compelled to produce any materials except on the motion of a criminal defendant to the court in which the offense is being tried, supported by an affidavit establishing that the material…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-608 Transfer of property
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(1) On June 30, 2014, all items of property, real and personal, including office furniture and fixtures, books, documents, and records of safe2tell, as it existed prior to said date, may be transferred to the department of law and become the property thereof; except that safe2tel…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-609 License of intellectual property
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Commencing on June 30, 2014, all intellectual property of safe2tell, inc., including trademarks and service marks, is licensed to the department of law on a nonexclusive, perpetual, paid-up basis for use by the department of law in connection with the program, including all trade…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-610 Safe2tell cash fund - creation
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(1) There is created in the state treasury the safe2tell cash fund, referred to in this section as the fund. Moneys in the fund are subject to annual appropriation. The fund consists of: (a) Fees charged by the department of law to cover the actual costs of producing and distribu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-611 Annual report
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(1) On or before December 1, 2018, and on or before December 1 of each year thereafter, the program shall analyze data from the preceding fiscal year and prepare a written report. The program shall post the report on the program's website and shall submit the report to the educat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-701 Definitions
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As used in this part 7, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) Department means the department of law. (2) Repealed. (3) Review board means the Colorado domestic violence fatality review board created in section 24-31-702. (4) Review team means a local or regional domestic vi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-702 Colorado domestic violence fatality review board - creation - membership - purpose - duties
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(1) The Colorado domestic violence fatality review board is established in the department to: (a) Examine data collected by review teams during the preceding year; (b) Identify measures to help prevent domestic violence fatalities and near-death incidents; (c) Establish uniform m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-703 Local and regional domestic violence fatality review teams - creation - membership - purpose - duties
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(1) A city, county, or district court may establish a review team to review fatal and near-fatal incidents of domestic violence, related domestic violence matters, and suicides related to domestic abuse. (2) In establishing a review team, a city, county, or district court, to the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-704 Access to records - confidentiality - public access - immunity
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(1) (a) Notwithstanding any other state law to the contrary, but subject to the requirements of applicable provisions of federal law, the review board and review teams have access to records and information that are relevant to a review of a domestic violence fatality and that ar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-705 Colorado domestic violence fatality review board contracts - grants - cash fund created. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 24-31-705Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-706 Repeal of part
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This part 7 is repealed, effective September 1, 2027. Prior to the repeal of this part 7, the domestic violence fatality review board must be reviewed as provided for in section 2-3-1203. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added, (SB 17-126), ch. 400, p. 2089, � 2, effective August 9. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-801 Definitions
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As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Abuse means willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical or financial harm or pain or mental anguish, including any acts or omissions that constitute …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-802 Medicaid fraud control unit - creation - duties
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There is created within the department of law and under the control of the office of the attorney general the medicaid fraud control unit. The unit shall investigate and prosecute fraud, misuse, waste, and abuse committed by medicaid providers and investigate and prosecute cases …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-803 Medicaid fraud reporting
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The department of health care policy and financing; the department of public health and environment; managed care entities; and their fiscal agents, contractors, or subcontractors, shall refer all cases where the agency or entity has reasonable cause to believe that there is susp…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-804 Medicaid fraud control unit - displayed information
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The department of health care policy and financing may require that a notification be included in any explanation of benefits provided to a beneficiary that explains the process and contact information for reporting to the unit suspected medicaid fraud and waste as well as patien…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-805 Medicaid fraud control unit authority and responsibilities
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(1) In carrying out the responsibilities of this section, the unit has the authority to: (a) Investigate and prosecute civil actions and proceedings, pursuant to section 25.5-4-301 (2) or sections 25.5-4-303.5 to 25.5-4-310; (b) Investigate and prosecute criminal medicaid fraud a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-806 Civil investigative demands and subpoenas
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(1) Civil investigative demands issued pursuant to this part 8 are subject to the requirements of section 25.5-4-309. (2) Subpoenas issued pursuant to this part 8 must comply with the provisions of article 90 of title 13 and any court rule. (3) Any testimony obtained pursuant to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-807 Provider applications - false statements - penalties
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(1) Each application to participate as a provider in the medicaid program, including amendments, updates, renewals, or revalidations thereof; each report stating income or expense upon which rates of payment are or may be based; and each invoice for payment for a good or service …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-808 Medicaid fraud and waste - penalties - definition
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(1) A person commits medicaid fraud and waste when that person knowingly and willfully: (a) With intent to defraud, makes a claim, or causes a claim to be made, knowing the claim contains material information that is false, in whole or in part, by commission or omission; (b) With…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-809 Unlawful remuneration - penalties
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, it is unlawful for any person to knowingly offer, pay, solicit, or receive any remuneration including, but not limited to, any kickback, bribe, or rebate, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind: (a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-810 Other remedies available
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(1) The provisions of this part 8 are not intended to be exclusive remedies and do not preclude the use of any other criminal prosecution directly related to criminal medicaid fraud and waste, as well as criminal patient abuse, neglect, and exploitation, or any other civil remedy…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-811 Limitation of action - three years
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An action brought under this part 8 must be commenced within three years after the date of discovery of the commission of the offense, but no later than six years after the date of the commission of the offense. When a violation of this section is based on a series of acts perfor…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-901 Definitions
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As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Contact means an in-person interaction with an individual, whether or not the person is in a motor vehicle, initiated by a peace officer, whether consensual or nonconsensual, for the purpose of enforcing the law o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-902 Incident recordings - release - tampering - fine
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(1) (a) (I) By July 1, 2023, all local law enforcement agencies in the state and the Colorado state patrol shall provide body-worn cameras for each peace officer of the law enforcement agency who interacts with members of the public. Law enforcement agencies may seek funding purs…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-903 Division of criminal justice report
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(1) Beginning July 1, 2023, the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety shall create an annual report including all of the information that is reported to the division pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, aggregated and broken down by the law enforc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-904 Peace officer certification discipline
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(1) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, the P.O.S.T. board shall permanently revoke a peace officer's certification if: (I) The P.O.S.T. certified peace officer is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a crime involving the unlawful use of physical force or a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-905 Prohibited law enforcement action in response to protests
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(1) In response to a protest or demonstration, a law enforcement agency and any person acting on behalf of the law enforcement agency shall not: (a) Discharge kinetic impact projectiles and all other non- or less-lethal projectiles in a manner that targets the head, pelvis, or ba…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-906 Retaliation against whistleblower officers prohibited - private right of action - exemptions - procedures - definitions
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(1) (a) Due to the strong public policy interests protected by prohibiting unlawful retaliation against whistleblowers, a peace officer’s employer or the employer’s agent shall not discharge, discipline, demote, deny a promotion to, transfer or reassign, discriminate against, har…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-31-907 Prohibited use of excited delirium - definition
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(1) (a) A person or entity conducting a training program for peace officers, as described in section 16-2.5-101 (1), or other first responders shall not include any training on or reference to the term excited delirium in any training program. A peace officer, as described in sec…