Senate Bill 15-219 Summary

• Each police department, sheriff's office, and district attorney in Colorado shall develop protocols for investigating officer-involved shootings that result in injury or death, either through multi-agency critical incident teams, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, or a neighboring law enforcement agency by December 31, 2015.

• Law enforcement agencies must post their investigation protocols on their website or make them publicly available upon request to ensure transparency and public access.

• District attorneys must release a written report publicly disclosing their findings and the basis for any decision not to file criminal charges following completion of an officer-involved shooting investigation.

• If a district attorney refers an officer-involved shooting matter to a grand jury, the district attorney must release a statement disclosing the general purpose of the grand jury's investigation, and the grand jury may issue a report if no true bill is returned.

• All required disclosures remain subject to the Criminal Justice Records Act, maintaining applicable privacy and confidentiality protections.