Establish a narcotics enforcement entity, the Dangerous Drugs Coordination Council ("the Council"), that facilitates and coordinates the sharing of information among law enforcement agencies across the state. The Council, to be housed in the Colorado Department of Public Safety, will provide a structure for collaboration, information sharing, and efforts to support local law enforcement agencies.

 

The Council:

- will coordinate strategic responses to emerging illicit drug trends, regardless of the drug type involved

 

- will orchestrate the implementation of an emergency medical service tracking and reporting system, the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP)

 

- requires one full time employee (FTE) to coordinate the meetings and meet the analytical needs of the entity. The position will be housed in the Colorado Department of Public Safety where it can benefit from the work of the Colorado Information Analysis Center (CIAC)

 

- shall include at a minimum, representatives from the following:

 > 1 Police Chief, rural district

 > 1 Police Chief, urban district

 > 1 Sheriff, rural district

 > 1 Sheriff, urban district

 > Colorado District Attorneys' Council

 > Colorado Attorney General's Office

 > Colorado Coroners Association

 > Colorado Drug Investigators Association

 > Colorado Dept. of Health Care Policy & Financing

 > Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment

 > Colorado Dept. of Public Safety

 > Colorado Bureau of Investigation

 > Colorado Information Analysis Center

 

- to facilitate coordination and collaboration, shall invite important Federal partners and stakeholders that include, but are not limited to, the following:

> U.S. Attorney's Office

> U.S. Homeland Security Investigations

> U.S. Postal Inspection Service

> U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

> Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

> Federal Bureau of Investigation

> Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

 

[No Proposed Statutory Language was prepared for this statutory provision.]

Modify §16-4-102 and §16-4-103, C.R.S., to establish, through a locally-determined research-based administrative order, an expedited screening process for persons arrested for an offense committed in that jurisdiction which shall be conducted as soon as practicable upon, but no later than 24 hours after, arrival of a person at the place of detention, allowing for the immediate release of certain low/medium risk persons. If a person does NOT meet the criteria for release as determined by administrative order, the person SHALL BE HELD until the initial court appearance. Also, in §16-4-109, C.R.S., expand the definition of "bonding commissioner."

Officials from the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) will work with staff from the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) to review and include Mental Health First AidŽ training through POST for the purpose of training up to 200 officers per month on this topic with training beginning in the spring of 2017.

Officials from the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) will work with staff from the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) to review the Mental Health First AidŽ curriculum, and modify when possible, for inclusion in the POST basic academy standard curriculum.

Revise C.R.S. 24-31-314 (1) to clarify that Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) training should take place during POST (Peace Officer Standard and Training) continuing education and advanced training, rather than during basic academy peace officer training.

 

The Drug Policy Task Force recommends amending section C.R.S. 24-31-314 as follows:

24-31-314. Advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement training.

(1) On and after October 1, 2013, the P.O.S.T. Board is encouraged to include advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement training in the curriculum for persons who enroll in a training academy for basic peace officer training AS AN ELECTIVE TO BASIC FIELD SOBRIETY TEST (BFST) TRAINING RECERTIFICATION.

 

(2) Subject to the availability of sufficient moneys, the P.O.S.T. Board shall arrange to provide training in advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement to drug recognition experts who will act as trainers in advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement for all peace officers described in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S.

The Commission encourages law enforcement agencies to enact policies that are consistent with C.R.S. 16-5-206 and 16-5-207, relative to issuing summonses rather than arrest warrants on appropriate felony class 4, 5, and 6 crimes. Pursuant to C.R.S. 16-5-206 and 16-5-207, a summons should be issued for misdemeanors, and class 4, 5 and 6 felonies, unless law enforcement presents in writing a basis to believe there is a significant risk of flight or that the victim or public safety may be compromised.