§ 24-31-302 — Creation of board - members

Colorado § 24-31-302

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Department of Law

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(1) There is hereby created, within
the department of law, the peace officers standards and training board.

(2) The P.O.S.T. board is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and
exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of
law.

(3) (a) The P.O.S.T. board consists of twenty-four members. The chair of the
P.O.S.T. board is the attorney general, and the board shall annually elect from its
members a vice-chair. The other members shall be:

(I) The special agent in charge of the Denver division of the federal bureau of
investigation;

(II) The executive director of the department of public safety or the
executive director's designee;

(III) The following members appointed by the governor for terms of three
years:

(A) One local government representative;

(B) Six active chiefs of police from municipalities of this state or state
institutions of higher education;

(C) Six active sheriffs from counties of this state;

(D) Three active peace officers with a rank of sergeant or below; and

(E) Five non-law enforcement members. The non-law enforcement members
shall complete a citizens' law enforcement academy prior to appointment or within
one year after appointment.

(b) If any chief of police, sheriff, peace officer, non-law enforcement
member, or local government representative vacates such office during the term
for which the member was appointed to the P.O.S.T. board, a vacancy on the board
exists. Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the
unexpired term.

(c) In order to create a diversified board, the governor shall consider an
applicant's age, gender, race, professional experience, and geographic location
when making appointments to the board.

(d) In order to create diversified subject matter expertise committees, the
chair of the P.O.S.T. board shall consider an applicant's age, gender, race,
professional experience, and geographic location when making appointments to the
committees.

(4) The members of the P.O.S.T. board shall receive no compensation for
their services but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
the performance of their official duties.

Legislative History

Source: L. 92: Entire part added, p. 1093, � 3, effective March 6. L. 94: (1) and (3) amended and (4) added, p. 1727, � 4, effective May 31. L. 2003: (3) amended, p. 1715, � 1, effective May 14. L. 2008: (3) amended, p. 89, � 12, effective March 18. L. 2015: (3) amended, (HB 15-1287), ch. 213, p. 777, � 1, effective May 20. L. 2022: (3) amended, (SB 22-013), ch. 2, p. 47, � 59, effective February 25; (2) amended, (SB 22-162), ch. 469, p. 3353, � 9, effective August 10. L. 2025: (1) amended, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2060, � 140, effective August 6.