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CO Code § 24-33.5-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-201. Colorado State Patrol Created

  There is hereby created as a division of the department of public safety the Colorado state patrol, which division shall consist of a chief as its executive head and of such officers and employees as may be appointed under the provisions of this part 2. The policies and procedures of the Colorado state patrol shall be approved by the executive director.    The Colorado state patrol and the office of the chief shall exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of public safety and the executive director as transferred to the department by a type 2 transfer, as such transfer is defined in the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article 1 of this title.     Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 920, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.
CO Code § 24-33.5-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-202. Definitions

 As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:    "Chief" means the executive and administrative head or chief of the Colorado state patrol.    "Civilian employee" means any member of the Colorado state patrol who is not authorized to wear a uniform and has not been designated the authority to perform the duties as set forth in this part 2 for a uniformed member of the Colorado state patrol.    "Commissioned officer" means any member of the Colorado state patrol with the rank of lieutenant to colonel.    "Member" means any employee of the Colorado state patrol, whether a commissioned officer, noncommissioned officer, trooper, or civilian employee.    "Noncommissioned officer" means any member of the Colorado state patrol with the rank of corporal to master sergeant.    "Officer" means the chief and any commissioned or noncommissioned officer and trooper of the Colorado state patrol.    "Trooper" means a uniformed member of the Colorado state patrol other than commissioned or noncommissioned officers.     Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 920, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 2013: (4), (6), and (7) amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1682, § 54, effective August 7.
CO Code § 24-33.5-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-204. Departmental Cooperation

  Nothing in this part 2 shall be construed as repealing any laws or depriving any department or agency of the state of its power and duty to enforce the laws, enforcement of which has been delegated to any such department or agency. The Colorado state patrol shall cooperate with all such departments of the state in enforcing such laws.    In the event that any department regulating and controlling motor vehicles or the taxation thereof is aggrieved at any rules or regulations promulgated for the control of traffic or collection of taxes or any other rule or regulation governing vehicles or motor vehicles upon the highways of this state by the Colorado state patrol and desires to resist the same, such department, within five days of such promulgation, shall serve written notice upon the executive director for a hearing on the question, and the decision of the executive director shall be conclusive and binding on any department and all persons concerned.     Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 921, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.
CO Code § 24-33.5-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-205. Chief - Appointment - Qualifications

 Pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution and state personnel system laws, the executive director shall appoint a chief. The chief shall be the executive head and senior administrative officer of the Colorado state patrol. He shall supervise and direct the administration and all activities of the Colorado state patrol. The chief shall set forth, with the approval of the executive director, rules and regulations governing all operating procedures of the Colorado state patrol and courtesies and customs for the good order of the service. He shall have been an officer of the Colorado state patrol for at least seven years immediately preceding his appointment, four years of which must have been served in an administrative capacity as a commissioned officer. The chief may designate an officer as acting chief to act in his stead at any time he is unable to perform his duties. He shall fulfill all requirements which are in effect at the time of his appointment, as are set forth in the job specification for the position by the state personnel director. He shall receive such compensation as is commensurate with the specific grade assigned his position by the state personnel director.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 921, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.
CO Code § 24-33.5-206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-206. Personnel - Appointment

 Pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution and state personnel system laws, the chief shall appoint the necessary commissioned and noncommissioned officers in staff and command or supervisory positions and troopers to permit the Colorado state patrol to adequately and efficiently perform its duties and functions and such necessary civilian employees as are essential to conduct an efficient patrol administration twenty-four hours daily. All members of the Colorado state patrol shall be under the immediate direction and control of the chief, and shall perform such duties as are specifically assigned by the chief under the job specifications and regulations of the state personnel director, and shall receive such compensation as is commensurate with the specified grade assigned to the individual position by the state personnel director.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 922, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1682, § 55, effective August 7.
CO Code § 24-33.5-207 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-207. Personnel - Qualifications - Salary

  All commissioned and noncommissioned officers and troopers of the Colorado state patrol, before promotion, shall be required to serve the designated period of time in each grade as provided in this section. A trooper shall serve a period of three years as such before the trooper is eligible to compete in the examination for promotion to a noncommissioned officer's rank. All commissioned and noncommissioned officers shall serve a period of one year in a grade before they are eligible to compete in promotional examinations. All commissioned and noncommissioned officers and troopers shall fulfill all requirements as set forth in the job specifications for their particular positions by the state personnel director.    In addition to the compensation provided by section 24-33.5-206 and by the provisions of other laws concerning the state personnel system and because of the number of hours and the extraordinary service performed by members of the Colorado state patrol, each member of such patrol and each member of the administrative staff of such patrol shall be reimbursed for maintenance and ordinary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties in an amount to be determined by the executive director, but the amount so authorized for any such member of the patrol or staff shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars per month.     Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 922, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1683, § 56, effective August 7.
CO Code § 24-33.5-208 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-208. Bonds

  The members of the Colorado state patrol shall be required to give bond to the state in the amount indicated in this section, to be approved and paid for by the state. The bonds shall be issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the state in the following amounts:   Chief, fifty thousand dollars;    All commissioned officers, thirty thousand dollars;    All noncommissioned officers, ten thousand dollars;    All troopers, five thousand dollars.        Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 922, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 2013: (1)(d) amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1683, § 57, effective August 7.
CO Code § 24-33.5-209 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-209. Trooper - Age Qualifications

 Each trooper appointed according to the provisions of this part 2, at the time of his or her appointment, shall be at least twenty-one years of age.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 923, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1683, § 58, effective August 7.
CO Code § 24-33.5-210 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-210. General Qualifications of Members of Patrol

 Each member of the Colorado state patrol shall be of good moral character and shall possess and maintain such physical and educational requirements and qualifications as are specified by the state personnel director after consultation with the chief and the executive director.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 923, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.
CO Code § 24-33.5-211 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-211. Divisions - Publications

  The chief may establish such divisions as are necessary for adequate patrolling of the highways of this state. He shall place in the field such members of the Colorado state patrol as are necessary to carry out the activities and operations of the Colorado state patrol. (1.5) The chief shall establish a division to address human smuggling and human trafficking on the highways of this state. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, this division shall include twelve full-time employees, and, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, this division shall include twenty-four full-time employees. The chief shall appoint these employees as well as any additional employees to the division.    The chief may establish, staff, and maintain a division of safety and education to cooperate with the various schools, civic organizations, and other bodies interested in the teaching and promotion of safety upon the streets and highways of this state, to distribute safety information, tabulations, and data to the officers of the Colorado state patrol, as well as to other interested persons and organizations, to furnish speakers, data, and programs for safety meetings, and to cooperate in the organization and functioning of all highway safety organizations within the state. The chief is authorized to obtain motion picture projectors, safety film, and other material essential to the promotion of a safety education program in this state.    The chief may establish a school for the training and education of the members of the Colorado state patrol. Attendance at such school may include officers of other police agencies and departments of the state if attendance is deemed beneficial to the interests of the general law enforcement program of this state.    Repealed.    Any publications of the Colorado state patrol circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136.     Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 923, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 84: (4) and (5) amended, p. 678, § 4, effective July 1. L. 96: (4) repealed, p. 1265, § 179, effective August 7. L. 2006: (1.5) added, p. 1709, § 1, effective June 6.   Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act repealing subsection (4), see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, "2006 Immigration Legislation in Colorado", see 35Colo. Law. 79 (Oct. 2006).
CO Code § 24-33.5-214 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-214. Complaints Against Officers

 All complaints against officers or other employees of the Colorado state patrol shall be investigated, and, at the discretion of the chief, the complaint shall be in writing and bear the signature and verification of the person making such complaint. In the event that the chief determines that said complaint has sufficient merit, he shall institute corrective or disciplinary action as prescribed by the state personnel rules.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 925, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.
CO Code § 24-33.5-215 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-215. Political Activity Prohibited

 No officer or other employee of the Colorado state patrol, while so employed, shall take part in promoting the candidacy of any candidate for any public office within this state, but nothing in this section shall be construed as denying any citizen the right to cast his individual vote.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 925, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.   Cross references: For prohibited political activities of employees in the state personnel system, see § 24-50-132.
CO Code § 24-33.5-216 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-216. Patrol Services Furnished to Governor and Lieutenant Governor

 The chief shall provide a motor vehicle and driver for the use of the governor of the state during his term of office. The chief shall also assign officers to protect the governor and his immediate family. Officers assigned to this duty shall be selected by the chief with the approval of the governor. The chief shall also provide a motor vehicle for the lieutenant governor and, at the discretion of the governor, may assign an officer to provide protection for the lieutenant governor in the performance of the duties of such office. The chief shall also make available an officer to protect any governor-elect.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 926, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.
CO Code § 24-33.5-216.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-216.5. Patrol Services Furnished to the General Assembly

  The Colorado state patrol shall provide protection for the members of the general assembly when they are present in the state capitol buildings group and shall respond to all complaints relating to criminal activity or security threats against a member of the general assembly. For purposes of this subsection (1), "state capitol buildings group" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 24-82-105    The Colorado state patrol shall provide law enforcement services for the buildings, grounds, and other facilities in which the general assembly designates and assigns space in accordance with section 2-2-321, C.R.S. The state patrol shall coordinate such law enforcement efforts, when appropriate, with local law enforcement agencies and with the security officers of each house of the general assembly appointed in accordance with section 2-2-402, C.R.S.      In addition to the requirements of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the state patrol may render other protection and security services as may be requested by the president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, or the minority leader of the house of representatives. (3) (a) In addition to the requirements of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the state patrol may render other protection and security services as may be requested by the president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, or the minority leader of the house of representatives.    The state patrol may provide protection and security services as described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) for any function held in Colorado at which a member of the general assembly is in attendance in an official capacity with appropriate coordination with local law enforcement. Factors to be considered when determining the need for providing these services include, but are not limited to, the location of the function, the estimated level of threat associated with the function, and staffing requirements.        (1)(a).   Source: L. 2015: Entire section added, (SB 15-220), ch. 281, p. 1151, § 1, effective June 5.
CO Code § 24-33.5-217 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-217. Books, Supplies, and Equipment

 The chief shall purchase and procure all necessary books, supplies, equipment, uniforms, badges, and stationery and shall incur such other expenses as may be actually necessary to carry out the provisions of this part 2; and such expenses shall be paid for in the same manner as other expenses authorized by this part 2.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 926, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.
CO Code § 24-33.5-218 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-218. Patrol Has Access to Files

 The Colorado state patrol shall have access to all motor vehicle files at all times for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this part 2 and shall assist the department of revenue whenever necessary and by whatever means is required on all investigations and inspections of foreign titles to cars that are to be sold or licensed within the state whenever the persons do not have the proper bills of sale, titles, or proof of ownership.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 926, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1636, § 10, effective June 1.
CO Code § 24-33.5-219 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-219. Badges - Uniforms - Unauthorized Use

  The chief shall issue to each officer of the Colorado state patrol a badge of authority with the seal of the state in the center thereof and the words "Colorado State Patrol" encircling said seal and, below, the designation of the position held by the officer to whom issued. Such badge shall be serially numbered, or each member shall otherwise display a distinctive serial number.    All officers of the Colorado state patrol, when on duty, shall be dressed in full distinctive uniform and display the official badge of their office except when they are authorized by the chief to work in plain clothes. Neither the chief nor any other person shall issue a badge or like uniform to any person who is not a duly authorized, classified, and regularly paid officer of the Colorado state patrol. Any person who, without authority, wears the badge of a member of the Colorado state patrol or in any manner attempts to duplicate the official uniform or equipment with the intent of representing himself or herself as a member of the Colorado state patrol commits a class 1 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501, C.R.S.     Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 926, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 2002: (2) amended, p. 1533, § 249, effective October 1.   Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
CO Code § 24-33.5-220 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-220. Costs of Administration

 Except as otherwise provided in section 24-33.5-226 (3)(c), the cost of administration of this part 2 and of all payrolls and salaries of the chief, commissioned and noncommissioned officers, troopers, and office personnel and the cost of clerical work, stationery, postage, uniforms, badges, all supplies and equipment, and necessary travel and subsistence allowances shall be appropriated by the general assembly out of the moneys in the highway users tax fund. The expenses and salaries provided for in this section are declared to be for the administration and enforcement of the several statutes referred to in this part 2 and for the construction, maintenance, and supervision of the public highways. Expenses and salaries shall be paid by the state treasurer upon warrants of the controller issued upon vouchers provided by the chief and shall be charged against net collection of highway users taxes as an expense of construction, maintenance, and supervision of public highways and the administration of the laws of the state governing the public highways and their use. The expenditures of the Colorado state patrol shall be audited and approved from time to time by the executive director and the state auditor.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 926, § 1, effective July 1, 1984. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 822, § 2, effective June 6. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1683, § 59, effective August 7.
CO Code § 24-33.5-221 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-221. Provisional Appointments - Veterans' Rights

 Any members, at any time, holding provisional appointments in the Colorado state patrol who were, at the time of their appointment, within the age limits fixed by this part 2 or by the law in effect at the time of their appointment shall be construed to be in compliance with the age limitations of this part 2. Members who left the Colorado state patrol to go directly into the armed services or merchant marine of the United States shall not be deprived of holding their positions or of taking any future state personnel system examinations, if such members are and have remained in continuous service with the Colorado state patrol and met all age requirements upon entering the Colorado state patrol, said continuous service to include military service. All time accrued by members of the patrol while in the armed services, when on military leave from the patrol, shall be deemed as continuous service in the Colorado state patrol; and members shall be entitled to all service benefits which would have accrued to them had they remained in continuous service with the Colorado state patrol.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 927, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.
CO Code § 24-33.5-222 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 33.5 - Public Safety|Part 2 - Colorado State Patrol|§ 24-33.5-222. Officers Incapacitated

 In the event that any officer of the Colorado state patrol becomes incapacitated, by reason of service on the Colorado state patrol, to the extent that he is unable to perform the usual duties of an officer of the Colorado state patrol, he may be transferred, at the discretion of the chief, to duty in any of the offices of the Colorado state patrol in whatever capacity the chief may deem advisable. Any officer who is transferred to office duty, as set out in this section, shall not be deprived of any benefits as to pay because of such transfer or partial disability. A vacancy in the ranks of officers on Colorado state patrol duty caused by such transfer shall be filled in the usual manner, although such appointment would otherwise be in excess of the statutory limitations.   Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 927, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.