Colorado § 30-10-501.6 Training

Colorado Statutes

§ 30-10-501.6 — Training

Colorado § 30-10-501.6

Title 30Government

Art.County Officers

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-501.6 (2026).

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(1)Every person elected or appointed to the office of sheriff for the first time shall:

(a)Attend a minimum of eighty clock hours at a new sheriff training course developed and facilitated either by the county sheriffs of Colorado, incorporated, or any other training resource agency approved by the Colorado peace officers standards and training board, the first time such training course is given after the person's election or appointment. The Colorado peace officers standards and training board shall have discretion to allow the substitution of any combination of education, experience, and training deemed by the board to be equivalent to such new sheriff training course.

(b)Obtain basic peace officer certification within one year of taking office. An extension may be granted

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(1) Every person elected or appointed to the office of
sheriff for the first time shall:

(a) Attend a minimum of eighty clock hours at a new sheriff training course
developed and facilitated either by the county sheriffs of Colorado, incorporated, or
any other training resource agency approved by the Colorado peace officers
standards and training board, the first time such training course is given after the
person's election or appointment. The Colorado peace officers standards and
training board shall have discretion to allow the substitution of any combination of
education, experience, and training deemed by the board to be equivalent to such
new sheriff training course.

(b) Obtain basic peace officer certification within one year of taking office.
An extension may be granted by the Colorado peace officers standards and training
board of up to one year to obtain such certification upon just cause shown. The
Colorado peace officers standards and training board shall issue written findings of
fact supporting such an extension.

(2) Every sheriff must possess basic peace officer certification and shall
undergo at least the number of clock hours of in-service training required for all
certified peace officers by the Colorado peace officers standards and training
board, but in no case less than twenty hours. Such training shall be provided either
by the county sheriffs of Colorado, incorporated, or any other training resource
agency approved by the Colorado peace officers standards and training board,
every year during such sheriff's term. The Colorado peace officers standards and
training board shall have discretion to waive in-service training upon presentation
of evidence by the sheriff demonstrating just cause for noncompletion of such
training. The Colorado peace officers standards and training board shall have
discretion to allow the substitution of any combination of education, experience,
and training deemed by the board to be equivalent to such in-service training.

(3) The county shall only pay all reasonable costs and expenses of new
sheriff and in-service training.