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Colorado Passed a Law To Crack Down on Dishonest Officers by Pulling Their Certifications. Has It Worked?

Colorado Public Radio May 15, 2024

Nearly 70 Colorado law enforcement officers have lost their state-mandated certifications since 2020 after being untruthful on the job. While that number is far higher than state officials expected when a law passed several years ago that cracked down on dishonesty on the job in law enforcement, the real number of officers who get caught being deceitful is far higher. Those officers’ stories are concealed from the public through resignations, retirements and transfers within agencies to protect the officers' ability to work in law enforcement — even when state law would seem to mandate the revocation of their certification. Most everyone, including police chiefs and sheriffs, agrees that lying under...