SW LEA Title 16 - Criminal Proceedings Article 2.5 Peace officers Part 1 POST 2021
What positions in the state of Colorado may be POST certified?
Executive director of the department of revenue, director of gaming, liquor enforcement investigator, director of marijuana enforcement, state lottery investigator, director of racing events, CO attorney general, POST board investigator, general executive director of the dept of corrections, correctional security officer at the CO mental health institute, CO state security guard, railroad officer, city attorney, Fort Carson police officer
What does CRS 16-2.5-101 define for peace officers - firearms:
A certified peace officer shall have the authority to carry firearms at all times, concealed or otherwise, subject to the policy created by the agency employing the officer. All other peace officers shall have the authority to carry firearms, concealed or otherwise, while engaged in the performance of their duties or as otherwise authorized by the written policy of the agency employing the officer
What does CRS 16-2.5-110 define for peace officers - assigning other duties to reserve officers
A city, city and county, town, county, or state school assigning duties to a reserve officer beyond those duties included in the POST board training shall assume the responsibility for ensuring that the officer is trained for the duties. If the jurisdiction allows or requires the reserve officer to carry or use a firearm they shall be certified for firearms proficiency as a POST-certified peace officer in the jurisdiction. An officer who does not comply with the training requirements is not authorized to enforce the laws of the state of Colorado
What does CRS 16-2.5-113 define for Colorado Bureau of Investigation Director?
A director of the Colorado bureau of investigation is a peace officer whose authority shall include the enforcement of all laws of the state of Colorado and who may be certified by the P.O.S.T. board. A Colorado bureau of investigation agent is a peace officer whose authority shall include the enforcement of all laws of the state of Colorado and who may be certified by the P.O.S.T. board
What does CRS 16-2.5-101 define for peace officers:
A peace officer may be certified by the peace officers standards and training board pursuant to part 3 of article 31 of title 24, C.R.S., and, at a minimum, has the authority to enforce all laws of the state of Colorado while acting within the scope of his or her authority and in the performance of his or her duties
What does CRS 16-2.5-110 define for peace officers - using reserve officers during an emergency
A reserve may be compensated time during a declared emergency or special need. A reserve officer shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed at the discretion of the city, city and county, town, county, or state school benefitting from the services for any authorized out-of-pocket expenses incurred. The city, city and county, town, county, or state school shall pay the cost of workers' compensation benefits for injuries incurred by a reserve while acting within the scope of his or her assigned duties. A reserve officer is an authorized volunteer
What does CS 16-2.5-151 define for federal secret service agents - custody?
A secret service agent shall immediately surrender custody of the arrested individual to a Colorado peace officer.
What does CS 16-2.5-151 define for federal secret service agents - defined?
A special agent, uniform division officer, physical security technician, physical security specialist, or special officer of the United States secret service
List limited duty officers:
Adult probation officer, juvenile parole officer, public utilities commission member, CO national guard/emergencies or civil disorder, Commissioner of Agriculture, CO brand inspector, auto industry investigator, state student loan investigator
What does CS 16-2.5-151 define for federal secret service agents - arrests?
An agent is a person who is employed by the US government, assigned to the US secret service, empowered to effect an arrest with or without a warrant for violations of the US code, and authorized to carry a firearm and use deadly force in the performance of his or her duties as a federal law enforcement officer
What does CRS 16-2.5-102 define for peace officers - included officers:
Chief of police; police; sheriff; undersheriff; deputy sheriff; CSP; a town marshal; deputy town marshal; reserve police; reserve deputy; reserve deputy town marshal; police or reserve police employed by a state institution of higher education; Colorado wildlife officer; Colorado parks officer; Colorado police administrator or police officer employed by the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo; attorney general criminal investigator; community parole officer; public transit officer; municipal court marshal; department of corrections inspector general
What does CRS 16-2.5-104 define for peace officers - coroner:
Is a peace officer while engaged in the performance of his or her duties whose authority shall be limited
What positions in the state of Colorado shall be POST certified?
Reserve deputies, Director of dept of public safety, division of homeland security, manager of the office of prevention and security, CBI, CSP, CO wildlife officer, CO parks and rec officer, port of entry officer, CO state schools security officers, chief security officer, dept of corrections inspector, police administrator at the CO mental health institute at Pueblo, , municipal court marshall, public transit officer, community parole officer, administrator of judicial security
What does CS 16-2.5-151 define for federal secret service agents - peace officer in following circumstances?
Responding to a nonfederal felony or misdemeanor that has been committed in his or her presence; responding to an emergency situation in which he or she has probable cause to believe that a nonfederal felony or misdemeanor involving injury or threat of injury to a person or property has been, or is being, committed and immediate action is required to prevent escape, serious bodily injury, or destruction of property; rendering assistance at the request of a Colorado peace officer; or effecting an arrest or providing assistance as part of a bona fide task force or joint investigation with Colorado peace officers; and the secret service agent acts in accordance with the rules and regulations of his or her employing agency
What does CRS 16-2.5-147 define for Federal special agents - the special agent, deputy or special deputy, or officer is authorized to act in the following circumstances:
Responding to a nonfederal felony or misdemeanor that has been committed in the presence of the special agent, responding to an emergency situation in which the special agent, deputy or officer has probable cause to believe that a felony or misdemeanor involving injury or threat of injury to a person or property has been, or is being, committed and immediate action is required to prevent escape, serious bodily injury, or destruction of property; rendering assistance at the request of a Colorado peace officer; or effecting an arrest or providing assistance as part of a bona fide task force or joint investigation with Colorado peace officers; and acts within the regulations of their employing agency
What does CRS 16-2.5-110 define for peace officers - reserve qualifications
Shall obtain reserve certification by the POST board as a reserve officer; or may be a fully POST-certified peace officer serving as a volunteer and may be granted full peace officer status and authority at the discretion of the appointing authority
What does CRS 16-2.5-112 define for Director of the division of homeland security and emergency management?
The director of the division of homeland security and emergency management in the department of public safety is a peace officer whose authority includes the enforcement of all laws of the state of Colorado and who may be certified by the POST board.
What does CRS 16-2.5-111 define for executive director of the department of public safety?
The executive director and deputy executive director of the department of public safety and the director of the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety are peace officers whose authority shall include the enforcement of all laws of the state of Colorado and who may be certified by the POST board
What does CRS 16-2.5-112.5 define for manager of the office of prevention and security within the division of homeland security?
The manager of the office of prevention and security within the division of homeland security and emergency management in the department of public safety is a peace officer whose authority includes the enforcement of all laws of the state of Colorado and who may be certified by the P.O.S.T. board
What does CRS 16-2.5-106 define for peace officers - Southern Ute Officer:
a peace officer whose authority shall include the enforcement of all laws of the state of Colorado and who may be certified by the POST board.
What does CRS 16-2.5-107 define for peace officers - Ute Mountain Ute Officer:
a peace officer whose authority shall include the enforcement of all laws of the state of Colorado and who may be certified by the POST board.
What does CRS 16-2.5-110 define for peace officers - reserve officer/marshall/deputy
a person authorized by a city, city and county, town, county, or state institution of higher education to act as a reserve officer for certain specific and limited periods of time while the person is authorized to be on duty and acting under the direct supervision of a fully POST-certified peace officer. Is a peace officer while engaged in the performance of his or her duties whose authority shall be limited to the authority granted by his or her authorizing agency
What does CRS 16-2.5-147 define for Federal special agents - custody of a suspect?
a special agent of the federal bureau of the United States shall immediately surrender custody of the arrested individual to a Colorado peace officer
What does CRS 16-2.5-109 define for peace officers - Fire Investigator:
authorized by a unit of local government is a peace officer while engaged in the performance of his or her duties whose authority shall be limited to the enforcement of arson and related laws and who may be certified by the POST board.
What does CRS 16-2.5-110 define for peace officers - reserve officers and express direction
means a defined, task-specific assignment given by a fully POST-certified peace officer to a reserve officer. The fully POST certified peace officer need not be present while the reserve officer carries out the assignment.
What does CRS 16-2.5-110 define for peace officers - reserve officers and direct supervision
means an assignment given by a fully POST certified peace officer to a reserve officer, which assignment is carried out in the personal presence of, or in direct radio or telephone contact with, and under the immediate control of, the fully POST-certified peace officer
What does CRS 16-2.5-103 define for peace officers - non-certified officers:
noncertified deputy sheriff or detention officer is a peace officer employed by a county or city and county whose authority is limited and while working under the direction of the chief of police, sheriff, an official who has the duties of a sheriff in a city and county, or chief executive of the employing law enforcement agency
What does CRS 16-2.5-147 define for Federal special agents - who is a special agent?
the federal bureau of investigation or the US bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives, a deputy or special deputy US marshal, or an officer of the federal protective service of the US department of homeland security immigration and customs enforcement is a person who is employed by the US government, assigned to the federal bureau of investigation, the US bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives, the US marshal service, or the federal protective service of the US department of homeland security immigration and customs enforcement, empowered to effect an arrest with or without a warrant for violations of the US code, and authorized to carry a firearm and use deadly force in the performance of the special agent's, deputy's or special deputy's, or officer's official duties as a federal law enforcement officer
