CO SB001

Creates Crime Prevention Through Safer Streets Grant Program administered by the Department of Public Safety to fund local government and nonprofit projects that reduce crime through environmental design improvements like better lighting, trash collection, access control, territorial reinforcement, and space management.

Establishes grant application requirements including crime data analysis, community collaboration documentation, measurable crime reduction goals, and plans to prevent displacement of homeless populations and harm to communities of color and vulnerable populations.

Prohibits grant funds from being used for hiring law enforcement or code enforcement personnel, facial recognition technology, or gunshot detection surveillance programs (ShotSpotter).

Creates 11-member Crime Prevention Through Safer Streets Advisory Committee with representatives from law enforcement, local government, community organizations, urban planning, architecture, and equity expertise to review grant applications and make recommendations.

Appropriates $10,300,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 from the general fund for the grant program and requires final reports by June 30, 2024 showing how grant money was used and measurable impacts on crime reduction; program repeals effective November 1, 2023.