Law Enforcement Workforce Recruitment, Retention, and Tuition Grant Program

To assist Law Enforcement Agencies in addressing workforce shortages, improve the training given to POST certified Peace Officers; and improve relationships between Law Enforcement and impacted communities

Resource: SB22-145

C.R.S. 24-33.5-528. Law enforcement workforce recruitment, retention, and tuition grant program

The grantee will be required to submit financial and programmatic reports describing how the grant funds were utilized, including data and other relevant information on performance metrics. These reports will be required quarterly and at the end of the award period. See the DCJ Guide for Administering State Grants for deadlines. 

1. Recruit, pay the tuition for, and train individuals to work in POST certified law enforcement careers;
2. Increase the number of persons receiving training as POST certified and non-certified law enforcement personnel and improve the training provided to such persons;
3. Improve the training provided by entities approved for providing training by the peace officer standards and training board, referred to in this section as "approved POST Board trainers", by enhancing their curriculum to expand mental health, implicit bias, cultural competency, critical incident, de-escalation, and trauma recovery training and increasing the availability of workforce mobility; 
4. Provide continuing education opportunities for POST certified and non-certified law peace officers, and increase activities intended to foster a more positive relationship between law enforcement and impacted communities.

Examples of best practices: President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice Report

A law enforcement agency shall use the grant money to supplement the costs of recruitment and training. A local government or law enforcement agency may not use the grant money to supplant these costs.

A law enforcement agency may not use the grant award to cover the costs of eligible law enforcement officer salaries and benefits if the eligible law enforcement officers would have been hired by the law enforcement agency even if the division had not awarded the law enforcement agency the grant.

Robyn May
Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, OAJJA
700 Kipling Street
Denver, CO 80215
Direct: 303-842-3344
E-mail: robyn.may@state.co.us

If you experience problems or have questions about how to use ZoomGrants, please contact dcjgms@state.co.us.

The mission of the Division of Criminal Justice is to improve the public safety of the community, the quality of services to crime victims, and the effectiveness of services to offenders. We accomplish this by analyzing policy, conducting criminal justice research, managing programs, and administering grants.

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