Colorado § 24-33.5-216.7 - Patrol services furnished to statewide constitutional officers - definition.
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§ 24-33.5-216.7. Patrol services furnished to statewide constitutional officers - definition.
(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "statewide constitutional officer" means the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the state treasurer.
(2) The Colorado state patrol shall provide protection to each statewide constitutional officer if such protection is requested by the statewide constitutional officer.
(3) The Colorado state patrol shall designate state patrol officers to be available to provide protection services pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. The chief of the Colorado state patrol shall determine the priority in assigning state patrol officers among each statewide constitutional officer. Factors to be considered when determining the need and priority for providing protection services include, but are not limited to, the location of the function, the estimated level of threat or risk associated with the function, and staffing requirements. If each statewide constitutional officer requests protection services in excess of eighty personnel hours a week for each individual, priority will be given first to protect against credible threats, then at a function at which the statewide constitutional officer is in attendance in an official capacity, and finally against generalized threats.
(4) Nothing in this section is intended to provide around-the-clock protection for a statewide constitutional officer unless there is a credible threat as determined in the discretion of the chief of the Colorado state patrol.
(5) Nothing in this section prohibits a statewide constitutional officer from obtaining additional protection, which must be done in coordination with the Colorado state patrol.
Source: L. 2022: Entire section added, (SB 22-133), ch. 465, p. 3307, § 2, effective June 8.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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