When SB20- 217, the landmark police reform bill, was signed into law last year there was a lot of hopefulness accompanied by concern. Profound policy changes – regardless of the topic – typically result in many years of refinements and adjustments to ensure that the policy changes hit the mark as desired.

Following many stakeholder meetings between counties, law enforcement and the bill sponsors, HB21-1250, Measures to Address Law Enforcement Accountability, introduced and passed this session to address concerns of last year’s bill.

For a complete analysis of the differences between this year’s bill and SB20-217, please click.

A big shout out and thank you to Arapahoe Assistant County Attorney Erin Powers for getting this side-by-side document together and for all her strong work in this space.