District Attorney

In the Eighth Judicial District, whenever there's an officer-involved shooting resulting in injury or death, the multi-agency Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) steps in. They conduct a thorough investigation. After the investigation, the findings are reported to the District Attorney.

The District Attorney carefully reviews the entire investigation and uses the relevant laws to decide if the use of force was justified. If the use of force is found to be justified, the District Attorney prepares a report in the form of a letter and sends it to the police chief or sheriff of the agency where the officer worked.

Statute

See information on the statute: Peace Officer-Involved Shooting Statute C.R.S. 16-2.5-301

CIRT Protocol and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Read the CIRT Protocol and MOU.

Opinion Letters and Media Releases

You can also find the Opinion Letters at Community Relations and Engagement under "News Releases."

2024

August, 20th, 2024 Officer Involved Incident

July 21st, 2024 Officer Involved Incident

February 7th, 2024 Officer Involved Incident

January 7th, 2024 Officer Involved Incident

2023

November 16, 2023 Officer Involved Incident

November 3, 2023 Officer Involved Incident

February, 18, 2023 Officer-Involved Incident

2022

December 8, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident

November 21, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident

October 21, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident

September 29, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident

September 14, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident

September 2, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident

July 12, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident

June 1, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident

April 14, 2022, Officer-Involved Incident

January 10, 2022 Officer Involved Incident

2021

September 23, 2021 Officer-Involved Incident

August 16, 2021 Officer-Involved Incident

July 28, 2021 Officer-Involved Incident

June 26, 2020 Arrest of Karen Garner Investigation

2020

February 18, 2020 In-Custody Death

2019

November 30, 2019 Officer-Involved Incident

November 24, 2019 Officer-Involved Incident

November 11, 2019 Officer-Involved Incident

April 29, 2019 Officer-Involved Incident

January 12, 2019 Officer-Involved Incident