Colorado Code
Part 3 - Peace Officers Standards and Training
§ 24-31-309. Profiling - Officer Identification - Training - Definition

(3.5) A peace officer, as defined in section 24-31-901 (3), shall have a legal basis for making a contact, as defined in section 24-31-901 (1), whether consensual or nonconsensual, with a member of the public for purposes of enforcing the law or investigating possible violations of the law. After making a contact, a peace officer, as defined in section 24-31-901 (3), shall report to the peace officer's employing agency:

Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 934, § 2, effective June 5. L. 2016: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 16-1263), ch. 340, p. 1388, § 2, effective June 10. L. 2020: (3.5) added and (4)(a) amended, (SB 20-217), ch. 110, p. 459, § 16, effective June 19. L. 2021: (2), IP(3.5), (3.5)(h)(II), (3.5)(h)(IV), and (3.5)(h)(V) amended, (HB 21-1250), ch. 458, p. 3067, § 16, effective July 6; IP(2) amended, (HB 21-1108), ch. 156, p. 894, § 31, effective September 7.
Editor's note: Amendments to subsection IP(2) by HB 21-1108 and HB 21-1250 were harmonized and amendments made to subsection IP(2) by HB 21-1108 were relocated to subsection IP(2)(b) on revision.
Cross references: (1) For the legislative declaration in HB 16-1263, see section 1 of chapter 340, Session Laws of Colorado 2016.
(2) For the legislative declaration in SB 20-217, see section 1 of chapter 110, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.