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(Jan. 11, 2021) - January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and January 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. 

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(Remote, Nov. 6, 2020) – The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) has published a report analyzing more than 26,000 Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases that were filed in Colorado in 2018. It is the third report published by DCJ as mandated by HB 17-1315.

(Oct. 30, 2020) -- In July 2020, The Office of the State Auditor (OSA) released a legislative audit of the Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB).

(Oct. 21, 2020) -- The Colorado Department of Public Safety today released to the public a legal opinion prepared for the department, at its request, regarding the conflict of interest policies and procedures of the Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB).

(September 2, 2020) - In 2007, Congress designated September 25th as the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. Join the Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance (COVA) for an online event to honor the memories of those lost to violence, acknowledge the impact of murder on families and communities, and find ways to support and serve survivors.

(July 28, 2020) - The Office of the State Auditor (OSA) today released a legislative audit of the Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB), a stautory board that is supported by staff in the Colorado Department of Public Safety’s Division of Criminal Justice. 

The audit recommended five primary areas for improvement:

(June 8, 2020) - Local victims’ services programs, justice organizations, and law enforcement can now begin accessing $5.5 million in 2018 and 2019 federal grants that they have been waiting for due to restrictions that the Trump Administration had placed on the grant funding.  

In 2018, the State of Colorado was awarded $2.7 million in federal funding for public safety through a program known as the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. In 2019, Colorado was awarded $2.8 million of these funds. 

(Jan. 27, 2020) - The Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) Office of Research and Statistics has published its fifth annual Report of Officer Involved Shootings in Colorado pursuant to Senate Bill 15-217.

The report documents findings based on officer-involved shootings that occurred during a nine-and-a-half-year period between Jan. 1, 2010, and June 30, 2019.