Colorado

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Incidents

• Jeanette Alatorre (2023)
• Peyton Blitstein
• Eric Brandt (2018)
• Dulce Castro
• Michael Clark
• Michael Dieck
• Kenneth Espinoza (2022)
• Dennis Flowers
• Martin Garland
• Nathan Geerdes
• Zach Gifford (2020)
• Christian Glass (2022)
• Cristy Gonzales
• Rosemary Goodman (2020)
• Jason Haferman
• Rigoberto Jimenez
• JaLonte Jones (2020)
• Richard Kahn
• Theodore Maher
• Elijah McClain (2019)
• Thomas McLallen
• Gustavo Mosqueda
• Jeremy Olive
• John Pacheaco Jr. (2020)
• Valeri Pedraza
• Christopher Perez
• Daniel Pratt
• Shawn Ralph
• Yareni Rios-Gonzalez (2022)
• Clayton Shriver (2020)
• Jon Siers (2020)
• Preston Sowl (2019)
• Julie Stahnke
• David Tadevosyan
• Jordan Waddy
• Richard Ward
• Joseph Watts-Johnson
• Evan Wollert (2023)
• Sean Wood (2023)

Officer Outcomes

For more information on these categories and officers outside of Colorado, see the main Officer Outcomes page. Categories shown here that are not links have no officers known in that status.

Administrative

• Cleared (5)
• Suspended (2)
• Terminated (18)
• Depensioned
• Decertified (8)

Criminal

• Cleared (12)
• Charged (25)
• Pleaded (12)
• Convicted (7)
• Acquitted (3)
• Sentenced (16)
• Incarcerated (1)

Civil

• Sued (23)
• Settled (15)
• Dismissed
• Awarded

Departments

• Adams County Colorado Sheriff's Office
• Aurora Colorado Police Department
• Bertroud Colorado Police Department
• Black Hawk Colorado Police Department
• Boulder Colorado Police Department
• Boulder County Colorado Sheriff's Office
• Brighton Colorado Police Department
• Clear Creek County Colorado Sheriff's Office
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife
• Colorado Springs Colorado Police Department
• Commerce City Colorado Police Department
• Denver Colorado Police Department
• Denver Colorado Sheriff's Department
• Edgewater Colorado Police Department
• Erie Colorado Police Department
• Federal Heights Colorado Police Department
• Fort Collins Colorado Police Department
• Fort Collins Colorado Police Services
• Fort Lupton Colorado Police Department
• Fort Morgan Colorado Police Department
• Frederick Colorado Police Department
• Glendale Colorado Police Department
• Granada Colorado Police Department
• Greenwood Village Colorado Police Department
• Idaho Springs Colorado Police Department
• Kiowa County Colorado Sheriff's Office
• Kit Carson County Colorado Sheriff's Department
• Lafayette Colorado Police Department
• Las Animas County Colorado Sheriff's Office
• Leadville Colorado Police Department
• Lochbuie Colorado Police Department
• Loveland Colorado Police Department
• Norwood Colorado Marshal's Office
• Park County Colorado Sheriff's Office
• Platteville Colorado Police Department
• Prowers County Colorado Sheriff's Office
• Pueblo Colorado Police Department
• Pueblo County Colorado Sheriff's Office
• Sheridan Colorado Police Department
• Trinidad Colorado Police Department
• Washington County Colorado Sheriff's Office
• Westminster Colorado Police Department

Legislative Activity

2020

On June 19, 2020, the "Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity" act was signed into law and requires many policy changes to be effective July 1, 2023, including:

Body-Worn Cameras

The law requires all local law enforcement agencies and the Colorado state patrol officers to use body-worn cameras.

Reporting Requirements

The law requires that reports be filed with the states for use of force resulting in death or serious injury, officer resignation while under investigation, information on police contacts, and unannounced entries.

Officer Decertification

Requires the state to revoke an officers certification when they are convicted of unlawful use of physical force or failure to intervene when another officer is using unlawful force.

Responses to Protests or Demonstrations

The law regulates the manner of use for kinetic impact projectiles and chemical agents during protests.

Qualified Immunity

The law allows for civil proceedings to be brought against officers for civil rights violations, and denies the use of qualified immunity in such cases.

Use of Force

The law creates a new use of force standard by limiting the use of physical force, limiting the use of deadly force when force is authorized, and prohibiting a peace officer from using a chokehold.

Mandatory Intervention

The law requires a peace officer to intervene when another officer is using unlawful physical force and requires the intervening officer to file a report regarding the incident.

Officer Reporting

Effective January 1, 2022, the act requires the P.O.S.T. board to create and maintain a database containing information related to an officers, untruthfulness, inability to follow training, decertification, and termination for cause.