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11 First Regular Session
22 Seventy-fourth General Assembly
33 STATE OF COLORADO
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77 LLS NO. R23-1009.01 Frank Stoner x5498
88 SJR23-008
99 Senate Committees House Committees
1010 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 23-008
1111 C
1212 ONCERNING DECLARING THE WEEK OF MAY 12-16, 2023, AS POLICE101
1313 W
1414 EEK, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , DECLARING MAY 15,102
1515 2023,
1616 AS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY.103
1717 WHEREAS, Congress and the President of the United States have1
1818 designated May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day and the week in2
1919 which it falls as National Police Week; and3
2020 WHEREAS, The members of the law enforcement agencies within4
2121 the state of Colorado play an essential role in safeguarding the rights and5
2222 freedoms of the citizens of the state of Colorado; and6
2323 WHEREAS, It is important that all citizens of Colorado know and7
2424 understand the duties, responsibilities, and challenges of their peace8
2525 officers; and9
26-HOUSE
27- Final Reading
28-May 2, 2023
2926 SENATE
3027 Final Reading
3128 April 28, 2023
3229 SENATE SPONSORSHIP
3330 Zenzinger and Ginal, Gardner, Baisley, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cutter, Exum,
3431 Fenberg, Fields, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Liston, Lundeen,
3532 Marchman, Moreno, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R., Priola, Roberts, Rodriguez, Simpson,
3633 Smallwood, Sullivan, Van Winkle, Will, Winter F.
3734 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
38-Bird and Evans, Amabile, Armagost, Bockenfeld, Boesenecker, Bottoms, Bradfield,
39-Bradley, Brown, Catlin, Daugherty, DeGraaf, deGruy Kennedy, Dickson, Duran, Frizell,
40-Froelich, Hamrick, Hartsook, Holtorf, Jodeh, Joseph, Kipp, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Luck,
41-Lukens, Lynch, Marshall, Martinez, Mauro, McCluskie, McCormick, McLachlan, Michaelson
42-Jenet, Ortiz, Parenti, Pugliese, Ricks, Sharbini, Sirota, Snyder, Soper, Taggart, Titone,
43-Valdez, Velasco, Weinberg, Weissman, Willford, Wilson, Winter T., Woodrow, Young
35+Bird and Evans,
4436 Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
4537 Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
4638 Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. WHEREAS, It is important that peace officers throughout1
4739 Colorado recognize their duty to serve the people of this state by2
4840 safeguarding life and property; protecting citizens against violence,3
4941 disorder, and deception; and protecting the weak against oppression or4
5042 intimidation; and5
5143 WHEREAS, The law enforcement agencies within the state of6
5244 Colorado have grown to be modern and professional agencies that7
5345 unceasingly provide a vital public service; and8
5446 WHEREAS, The following 377 peace officers made the supreme9
5547 sacrifice while serving the state of Colorado:10
5648 In 1862: James C. Richey, Deputy City Marshal of the Denver Marshal's11
5749 Office;12
5850 In 1869: Robert A. Clark, Marshal of Black Hawk;13
5951 In 1872: Juan C. Tafoya of the Las Animas County S.O.;14
6052 In 1873: Ora M. Nason of the Bent County S.O.;15
6153 In 1875: Zach Allen of the Rio Grande County S.O. and James Hooker of16
6254 the Elbert County S.O.;17
6355 In 1876: Charles Kast of the Las Animas P.D. and Charles Faber of the18
6456 Bent County S.O.;19
6557 In 1878: George E. O'Connor of the Leadville P.D.;20
6658 In 1879: Alvin Phippenney of the Pueblo P.D. and Thomas F. Tolbert of21
6759 the Leadville P.D.;22
6860 In 1880: Thomas L. Perkins of the Buena Vista P.D., John Carville and23
6961 Lauriston Stewart of the Leadville P.D., and Michael O'Neal of the24
7062 Kokomo P.D.;25
7163 In 1881: Lucien J. Morgan of the Chaffee County S.O. and D. Clayton26
7264 Ogsbury of the Silverton P.D.;27
7365 In 1882: Harry Rivers of Tin Cup Marshal's Office, Benjamin A. Scott of28
7466 008
7567 -2- the Gunnison County S.O., Samuel C. Townsend of the Leadville P.D.,1
7668 Edward N. Campbell of the Hinsdale County S.O., and George L. Smith,2
7769 Marshal of Rico;3
7870 In 1883: James Bathurst and Baxter Stingley of the Salida P.D.;4
7971 In 1884: Andrew J. Rock of the Garfield County S.O. and Casper5
8072 Zweifel, Marshal of Central Pueblo;6
8173 In 1887: Gabriel B. Hollingsworth of the Arapahoe County S.O. and7
8274 Martin Duggan of the Leadville P.D.;8
8375 In 1888: Bill Thompson of the Las Animas County S.O.;9
8476 In 1889: John C. Phillips of the Denver P.D.;10
8577 In 1890: Charles F. Wanless of the Denver P.D.;11
8678 In 1891: Charles A. Hawley of the Denver P.D., Moses Lovern of the12
8779 Pueblo P.D., and Joseph R. Lampkin of the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante13
8880 Fe Railroad P.D.;14
8981 In 1893: Gustave Gisin of the Denver P.D.;15
9082 In 1894: A.E. Cook, Marshal of Como, and John Myers of the Gunnison16
9183 County S.O.;17
9284 In 1895: Charles Emerson of the Alamosa P.D., Alpheus J. Moore of the18
9385 Denver P.D., James Clark of the Telluride Marshal's Office, John19
9486 Solomon of the Trinidad P.D., and William Shea, Marshal of Victor;20
9587 In 1896: Wendell P. Smith of the Denver P.D., Richard B. Williams of21
9688 the Gilpin County S.O., William Green and William Kelly of the Las22
9789 Animas County S.O., and Benjamin Bish of the Colorado Springs P.D.;23
9890 In 1897: Michael Hayes of the Town of Victor, Thomas J. Fahey of the24
9991 Lake County S.O., and Joseph Simons of the Alamosa P.D.;25
10092 In 1898: Valentine Hoy of the Routt County S.O., Ernest Conrad and26
10193 Sumner Whitney of the Summit County S.O., and Robert G. Lewis of the27
10294 Hotchkiss Marshal's Office;28
10395 008
10496 -3- In 1899: Edward Farr of the Huerfano County S.O., Thomas C. Clifford1
10597 and William E. Griffiths of the Denver P.D., Charles Wilcox of the2
10698 Arapahoe County S.O., and Thomas Tobin of the Colorado Department3
10799 of Corrections;4
108100 In 1900: Stuart K. Harvey of the Denver P.D. and William C. Rooney of5
109101 the Colorado Department of Corrections;6
110102 In 1901: Elim T. Clark of the Cripple Creek P.D. and William C.7
111103 Downing of the Union Pacific Railroad P.D.;8
112104 In 1902: Augustine P. Cate of the Town of Goldfield;9
113105 In 1903: Silas Martz and Elwin Slater of the Pueblo P.D.;10
114106 In 1904: Wilson E. Hammon of the Gunnison County S.O. and Hiram11
115107 Bates of the Coal Creek P.D.;12
116108 In 1905: Dr. Frank Dulin and William Bohanna of the Denver P.D. and13
117109 Francisco Garcia of the Las Animas County S.O.;14
118110 In 1906: William J. Thompson of the La Plata County S.O., Edward Baird15
119111 of the Denver S.D., John Spellman of the Denver P.D., William Shellman16
120112 of the Pueblo P.D., Edward Innes of the Mesa County S.O., and J. Horace17
121113 Frisbie, Marshal of Lamar;18
122114 In 1907: Joseph Allen of the Fort Collins P.D. and Joseph A. Walker of19
123115 the U.S. Secret Service;20
124116 In 1908: James Delmar Ellis of the Brighton P.D., Antonio T. Shelby of21
125117 the Las Animas County S.O., William H. Beck of the Denver P.D., Rafael22
126118 Pena of the Antonito Marshal's Office, William P. Stephens of the Denver23
127119 P.D., and Albert Smith of the Cripple Creek P.D.;24
128120 In 1909: Alex Brighton of the Trinidad P.D. and Frederick Barner and25
129121 John Dunleavy of the Pueblo P.D.;26
130122 In 1910: Samuel C. Carpenter of the Denver P.D., Arthur J. Goeglein of27
131123 the Telluride Marshal's Office, and John M. Rennix, Marshal of New28
132124 Castle;29
133125 In 1911: Jesse B. Craig, Sr. and Jacob A. Kipper of the Rocky Ford P.D.,30
134126 008
135127 -4- Andrew Sandberg of the Denver P.D., and Charles E. Brockman of the1
136128 Fort Collins P.D.;2
137129 In 1912: William McPherson of the Denver P.D.;3
138130 In 1913: John B. Russell of the Colorado Department of Corrections and4
139131 Norman F. Patterson, Constable of Pueblo;5
140132 In 1915: Frank Peak of the Loveland P.D.; William Langdon of the6
141133 Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad P.D.; and Victor Helburg of the7
142134 Louisville P.D.;8
143135 In 1916: William H. Cabler of the Denver P.D. and Charles P. Eyser,9
144136 Marshal of Fort Morgan;10
145137 In 1917: Andrew J. Hunter of the Denver and Rio Grande Western11
146138 Railroad P.D.;12
147139 In 1918: John McKee and William Wesley Green of the Pueblo County13
148140 S.O., John Rowan of the Colorado Springs P.D., and Luther McMahill,14
149141 Frank Potestio, and Peter A. Walsh of the Denver P.D.;15
150142 In 1919: Emerson L. McKinnon and George C. Klein of the Denver P.D.16
151143 and Jeff Evans of the Pueblo P.D.;17
152144 In 1920: James E. Boggio and Roy O. Downing of the Denver P.D., L.P.18
153145 Bass of the Boulder P.D., William Stretcher of the Boulder County S.O.,19
154146 Harvey Calvin Neese of the Cripple Creek P.D., and Addison O.20
155147 Hinsdale, Jr., of the Pueblo P.D.;21
156148 In 1921: William O. Steam, Clarence E. Zietz, Arthur J. Pinkerton, and22
157149 Forrest Ross of the Denver P.D.; John Henry Lindamood of the Fountain23
158150 P.D.; and Clyde McDonald of the Monte Vista P.D.;24
159151 In 1922: Blaine J. Wilson of the Logan County S.O., Eddie Bell of the25
160152 Colorado Mounted Rangers, Richie Rose of the Denver P.D., and Charles26
161153 T. Linton of the U.S. Federal Reserve;27
162154 In 1923: Leonard Higgins of the Adams County S.O., Elmer E. Cobb of28
163155 the Boulder P.D., and Marion E. Sanders of the El Paso County S.O.;29
164156 In 1924: Jack Rose of the Walsenburg P.D., Henry E. Robart of State30
165157 008
166158 -5- Prohibition, and Willis A. Davis of the Delta County S.O.;1
167159 In 1925: James Shannon of the Denver P.D. and Clyde L. Taylor of the2
168160 U.S. Treasury;3
169161 In 1927: Elmer I. Rich of the Denver P.D. and Clem Eller of the Oak4
170162 Creek P.D.;5
171163 In 1928: James W. Hair of the U.S. Secret Service, Charles Pebley of the6
172164 Delta P.D., and Harry R. Ohle of the Denver P.D.;7
173165 In 1929: Charles Edward Gibbs of the Routt County S.O.; Clarence W.8
174166 Alston and Thomas J. Durkin of the Denver P.D.; and Myron H.9
175167 Goodwin, J.W. McClelland, Elmer G. Erwin, John J. Eeles, Raymond10
176168 Brown, C. Walter Rinker, Charles G. Shepherd, and Robert A. Wiggins11
177169 of the Colorado Department of Corrections;12
178170 In 1930: Coral A. Hickman of the Kiowa County S.O., William B. Justice13
179171 of the Washington County S.O., and Dale F. Kearney of the U.S.14
180172 Department of Justice;15
181173 In 1931: William Keating of the Denver P.D.;16
182174 In 1933: Adolpho Rodrigues of the Costilla County S.O., and John F. Dea17
183175 and George P. Schneider of the Denver P.D.;18
184176 In 1934: Thomas J. O'Connor, John J. O'Donnell, and Clarence E. Fraker19
185177 of the Denver P.D., Kenneth Meenan of the National Park Service, and20
186178 Chris J. Fahey of the Leadville P.D.;21
187179 In 1935: Alson E. McCasland of the Denver P.D., Alfred A. Personett of22
188180 the Prowers County S.O., W.W. Dunlap of the Montezuma County S.O.,23
189181 Lee S. Whitman of the Greeley P.D., and Elmer Trout of the Pueblo P.D.;24
190182 In 1936: Pasquale Marinaro and Robert M. Campbell of the Denver P.D.;25
191183 In 1937: Forrest E. Sawyer of the Denver P.D. and Oscar W. Meyer of the26
192184 Eagle County S.O.;27
193185 In 1938: Jacob G. Benner and Fred Renovato of the Denver P.D. and28
194186 Fidel Aguirre of the Huerfano County S.O.;29
195187 008
196188 -6- In 1939: Franklynn Dean of the Mancos P.D. and Earl F. Burns of the1
197189 Denver P.D.;2
198190 In 1940: Alva E. Thompson of the Craig Marshal's Office, Morris Dolan3
199191 of the Cripple Creek P.D., Clarence B. Fugate of the Jefferson County4
200192 S.O., Earl J. Bucher of the Weld County S.O., and Raymundo Martinez5
201193 and Eduardo Dominguez of the Conejos County S.O.;6
202194 In 1941: George Kaltenberger of the Colorado Springs P.D. and Arnold7
203195 B. Gulzow of the Colorado State Patrol;8
204196 In 1944: Andrew P. Sanderson of the U.S. Treasury;9
205197 In 1945: Louis Box of the Rocky Ford P.D., Benjamin L. Goorman of the10
206198 Arapahoe County S.O., Virgil M. Hall of the Denver P.D., and James M.11
207199 Campbell of the Colorado Division of Wildlife;12
208200 In 1946: Wallace M. McCarty of the Colorado State Patrol and Raymond13
209201 B. Lewis of the Castle Rock P.D.;14
210202 In 1947: E. Clarence Martin of the Las Animas P.D.;15
211203 In 1949: Alvin Nelson of the Leadville P.D. and Harold M.16
212204 Bechtelheimer of the Colorado State Patrol;17
213205 In 1950: Joe E. Tucker of the Pueblo County S.O.;18
214206 In 1951: Wesley Rosette of the Colorado State Patrol;19
215207 In 1952: John Armour Stitt, Marshal of Paonia, and Wesley A. McDonald20
216208 and James L. Jackson of the Washington County S.O.;21
217209 In 1953: William A. Claassen of the Denver P.D., Richard Ware of the22
218210 Evans P.D., Guy Everett O'Neal of the Monte Vista P.D., and Richard23
219211 Burchfield of the Colorado Springs P.D.;24
220212 In 1956: Floyd E. Gresham and Melvin E. Phillips of the Colorado State25
221213 Patrol;26
222214 In 1957: Richard J. Cahalan of the Colorado State Patrol;27
223215 In 1958: Donald L. Seick of the Denver P.D. and Raymond J. McMaster28
224216 008
225217 -7- of the Boulder P.D.;1
226218 In 1959: Richard C. Edstrom of the Colorado State Patrol;2
227219 In 1960: Kenneth R. Baker of the Town of Glendale P.D. and Frank J.3
228220 Jackson of the Adams County S.O.;4
229221 In 1961: Merlin H. Koerner of the Lincoln County S.O., Hiram V. Short5
230222 of the Colorado State Patrol, John Clark of the Eagle County S.O.,6
231223 Edward Smerdel of the Denver P.D., Robert G. Beghtol of the Arvada7
232224 P.D., and Victor B. McMillin of the Colorado Department of Corrections;8
233225 In 1962: Darrell J. Suer and Carl B. Knobbe of the Denver P.D.;9
234226 In 1965: Paul L. Major of the Denver P.D.;10
235227 In 1966: Albert M. Alcorn and Nicholas A. Carhart of the Colorado State11
236228 Patrol and Nathaniel R. Lacy of the National Park Service;12
237229 In 1967: Gerald R. Williams of the Colorado State Patrol, Vincent13
238230 Swiskoski of the Walsenburg P.D., and Francis S. Townsend of the14
239231 Fremont County S.O.;15
240232 In 1968: Larry B. Enloe of the Colorado State Patrol, James W. Mitchell16
241233 of the Larimer County S.O., and Paul D. Wilson of the Denver P.D.;17
242234 In 1971: Merle E. Nading and William J. Wirtz of the Denver P.D.;18
243235 In 1972: James A. Chew of the Steamboat Springs P.D. and Donald R.19
244236 Kartchner of the La Plata County S.O.;20
245237 In 1973: Rudolpho F. Sanchez of the Costilla County S.O., Danny R.21
246238 Barnes of the Adams County S.O., Stephen D. Hensley of the Delta P.D.,22
247239 Gary D. Mills of the Boulder P.D., Thomas R. Carpenter of the Colorado23
248240 State Patrol, Larry Eugene Smith of the Otero County S.O., and Thomas24
249241 M. Hanson of the Pueblo P.D.;25
250242 In 1974: Richard P. Ross of the Colorado State Patrol, John Derek26
251243 Osborne of the Denver S.D., and Gale E. Emerson of the Durango P.D.;27
252244 In 1975: William E. Smith and Donald L. DeBruno of the Denver P.D.;28
253245 Phillip N. Lopez of the Ute Mountain Tribal Police; Bernard Carter,29
254246 008
255247 -8- Dennis Ives, and Harry Allen of the Colorado Springs P.D.; Jack R. Coler1
256248 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Michael H. James of the Colorado2
257249 State Patrol; and Donald R. Laabs of the Manitou Springs P.D.;3
258250 In 1976: Michael O. Conley of the Estes Park P.D., W. Hugh Purdy of the4
259251 Colorado State Patrol, and Jameson M. Longworth of the Greeley P.D.;5
260252 In 1977: Dean L. McLaughlin and Larry E. Boles of the Union Pacific6
261253 Railroad Police, Oliver P. Cain of the Center P.D., and Janet Hinkle of7
262254 the Boulder P.D.;8
263255 In 1978: Wayne G. Bryant of the Douglas County S.O. and Virgil Mason9
264256 of the San Juan County S.O.;10
265257 In 1979: Robert C. Watson of the Larimer County S.O., Frances I. Galvin11
266258 of the Colorado State Patrol, and Walter M. Northey of the Arvada P.D.;12
267259 In 1980: Perry S. Watkins of the U.S. Secret Service, Augustus J. Perreira13
268260 of the Colorado Springs P.D., Perry Messina of the Federal Heights P.D.,14
269261 James K. Farris of the Colorado State Patrol, and Edward A. Martinez of15
270262 the Denver S.O.;16
271263 In 1981: Eugene E. Kiefer of the Clear Creek County S.O., Kathleen17
272264 Garcia of the Denver P.D., Debra Sue Corr of the Aurora P.D., and Frank18
273265 McAteer of the La Plata County S.O.;19
274266 In 1982: Richard E. Hart of the Firestone P.D., Mark L. Dabling of the20
275267 Colorado Springs P.D., and Fredrick C. Rehmer of the Fort Morgan P.D.;21
276268 In 1983: Larry F. McMaster of the Montrose P.D.;22
277269 In 1984: Edgar B. Rains, Jr., of the Northglenn P.D. and Clifton23
278270 Browning, Jr., of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;24
279271 In 1985: Thomas J. Dietzman, Jr., of the Aurora P.D.;25
280272 In 1986: William J. Truesdale of the Jefferson County S.O. and Patrick26
281273 J. Pollock of the Denver P.D.;27
282274 In 1987: James E. Wier of the Denver P.D., Stephen P. Miller of the28
283275 Jefferson County S.O., Daniel R. Stillwell of the Denver S.D., Edward J.29
284276 Hockom of the Aurora P.D., and Charles A. Fry of the Colorado State30
285277 008
286278 -9- Patrol;1
287279 In 1988: Robert W. Wallis of the Denver P.D. and Dale R. McLaughlin2
288280 of the Adams County S.O.;3
289281 In 1989: Joseph A. Ynostroza of the Colorado State Patrol;4
290282 In 1990: Delford H. Kay of the Ute Mountain Tribal Police and Cecilia5
291283 M. Cipriani-Benefiel of the El Paso County S.O.;6
292284 In 1992: Hugh A. Martin of the El Paso County S.O. and Lyle F. Wohlers7
293285 of the Colorado State Patrol;8
294286 In 1993: Norman Anthony Silva II of the Denver S.O. and Roland O.9
295287 Lackey of the Arapahoe County S.O.;10
296288 In 1994: Beth Haynes of the Boulder P.D., Roger Coursey of the Hinsdale11
297289 County S.O., and Marc A. Perse of the Colorado Department of12
298290 Corrections;13
299291 In 1995: Shawn J. Leinen of the Denver P.D., Timothy M. Mossbrucker14
300292 of the Jefferson County S.O., Ronald R. Beatty of the Larimer County15
301293 S.O., and Brent A. Holloway of the Teller County S.O.;16
302294 In 1996: Trevor R. Staszak of the Buena Vista P.D.;17
303295 In 1997: Ronald L. DeHerrera, Bruce L. VanderJagt, and Michael E.18
304296 Dowd of the Denver P.D.;19
305297 In 1998: Dale Claxton of the Cortez P.D.;20
306298 In 1999: Ronald M. King of the Douglas County S.O., Robert B. Pollock21
307299 of the Adams County S.O., and Gary Caponera of the Bent County S.O.;22
308300 In 2000: Dennis M. Licata of the Denver P.D.;23
309301 In 2001: Jason L. Manspeaker of the Colorado State Patrol, Ryan24
310302 Cunningham of the Vail P.D., Daniel C. Dalley of the Fruita P.D., Phillip25
311303 Keith Mason of the Colorado Division of Wildlife, and Jason Scott26
312304 Schwartz of the Fremont County S.O.;27
313305 In 2002: James Olterman of the Colorado Division of Wildlife and Eric28
314306 008
315307 -10- J. Autobee of the Colorado Department of Corrections;1
316308 In 2004: Travis W. Sass of the Larimer County S.O.;2
317309 In 2005: Donald Young II of the Denver P.D., Jeffrey A. Christensen of3
318310 the National Park Service, and Greg R. Boss of the U.S. Postal Service;4
319311 In 2006: Jared Jensen and Kenneth C. Jordan of the Colorado Springs5
320312 P.D. and Michael D. Thomas of the Aurora P.D.;6
321313 In 2007: Douglas D. Byrne of the Aurora P.D. and Zachariah E.7
322314 Templeton of the Colorado State Patrol;8
323315 In 2008: Nicholas Heine of the Pueblo P.D.;9
324316 In 2009: David J. Kinterknecht of the Montrose P.D.;10
325317 In 2010: Samuel K. Brownlee of the Weld County S.O.;11
326318 In 2011: Jay Sheridan of the Limon P.D. and David Roberts of the12
327319 Denver P.D.;13
328320 In 2012: Jeremy Bitner of the Englewood P.D., Celena Hollis of the14
329321 Denver P.D., Matthew Tyner of the Colorado Springs P.D., Leide15
330322 William DeFusco and Warren W. Watts of the Pueblo County S.O.,16
331323 James Jeffery Davies of the Lakewood P.D., Mary K. Ricard of the17
332324 Colorado Department of Corrections, and Molly Tyler White of the18
333325 Colorado State Patrol;19
334326 In 2013: Thomas L. Clements of the Colorado Department of Corrections20
335327 and Kevin W. Denner of the Littleton P.D.;21
336328 In 2014: David Michael Baldwin of the Jefferson County S.O.;22
337329 In 2015: Garrett Swasey of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs23
338330 P.D., Jaimie Jursevics and Taylor Thyfault of the Colorado State Patrol,24
339331 and Sean Renfro of the Jefferson County S.O.;25
340332 In 2016: Nate Carrigan of the Park County S.O., Derek Geer of the Mesa26
341333 County S.O., and Cody Donahue of the Colorado State Patrol;27
342334 In 2017: Zackari Parrish III of the Douglas County S.O.;28
343335 008
344336 -11- In 2018: Heath Gumm of the Adams County S.O., Micah Flick of the El1
345337 Paso County S.O., and Matthew Moreno of the Las Animas County S.O.;2
346338 In 2019: William Moden of the Colorado State Patrol, Daniel H. Groves3
347339 of the Colorado State Patrol, and Joshua Eli Voth of the Colorado4
348340 Department of Corrections;5
349341 In 2020: Jeff Hopkins of the El Paso County S.O., Brendan Unitt of the6
350342 Larimer County Department of Natural Resources, Curt Holland of the7
351343 Commerce City P.D., and Robert E. Sandoval of the Denver P.D.;8
352344 In 2021: Wayne Stephen Weyler of the Mesa County S.O., Joseph Pollack9
353345 of the Douglas County S.O., Clay Livingston of the Elbert County S.O.,10
354346 Ty Alan Powell of Windsor P.D., Eric Scherr of the Aurora P.D., Gordon11
355347 Beesley of Arvada P.D., Daniel "Duke" Trujillo of Denver Sheriff's12
356348 Department, James Herrera of Denver Sheriff's Department, Eric Huston13
357349 Talley of Boulder P.D., and Miguel A. Ortiz and David E. Mize of the14
358350 U.S. DHS Immigration and Enforcement;15
359351 In 2022: Andrew A. Peery of the El Paso County S.O. and Dillon M.16
360352 Vakoff of the Arvada P.D.;17
361353 In 2023: Julian Becerra of the Fountain P.D.; and18
362354 WHEREAS, It is fitting and appropriate for the citizens of19
363355 Colorado to join together in commemorating peace officers, past and20
364356 present, who by their faithful and loyal devotion to their responsibilities21
365357 have rendered a dedicated service to their community and, in doing so,22
366358 have established for themselves an enviable and enduring reputation for23
367359 preserving the rights and security of all citizens; now, therefore,24
368360 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-third General25
369361 Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives26
370362 concurring herein:27
371363 (1) That we, the members of the General Assembly, hereby28
372364 proclaim the week commencing May 12, 2023, as Police Week in29
373365 Colorado, in recognition of peace officers' efforts in safeguarding the30
374366 citizens of Colorado, and call upon all citizens of the state and upon all31
375367 patriotic, civic, and educational organizations to observe Police Week;32
376368 and33
377369 008
378370 -12- (2) That we hereby proclaim the day of May 15, 2023, as Peace1
379371 Officers' Memorial Day in recognition of those officers who, through2
380372 their courageous deeds, have made the supreme sacrifice or who have3
381373 been disabled in the line of duty, and call upon the citizens of Colorado4
382374 to recognize and participate in the observance of this worthy occasion.5
383375 Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent6
384376 to Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado; Robert Cook, President of the7
385377 Colorado Chapter of Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc.; Dianne8
386378 Bernhard, Executive Director of Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc.;9
387379 Major Barry Bratt, Chairman of the Colorado Law Enforcement10
388380 Memorial; Stephen Schulz, State President of the Fraternal Order of11
389381 Police, Colorado State Lodge; Tyson Worrell, President of the Denver12
390382 Police Protective Association; Paul Frey, President of the Colorado Police13
391383 Protective Association; Colonel Matthew C. Packard, Chief of the14
392384 Colorado State Patrol; Chris Schaefer, Director of the Colorado Bureau15
393385 of Investigation; Dave Hayes, Chair of the Colorado Association of16
394386 Chiefs of Police; James van Beek, President of the County Sheriffs of17
395387 Colorado; Amy Nichols, Executive Director of County Sheriffs of18
396388 Colorado; Joseph Roybal, El Paso County Sheriff; Arvada Police Chief19
397389 Ed Brady; Fountain Police Chief Christopher Heberer; and Captain20
398390 Lawrence Oletski, President of the Colorado State Patrol Association.21
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