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 Denver
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 14. COURT
 Article VI. SHERIFF

  § 14-124. Community corrections.  

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  • (a)

    Pursuant to the manager of safety's plenary powers as ex-officio sheriff of the city under article II, part 6 of the Denver City Charter and D.R.M.C. section 14-122, the said manager may establish and maintain such community corrections programs and activities, consistent with state and federal law, as the manager deems appropriate for the incarceration, oversight and rehabilitation of offenders as defined in C.R.S. § 17-27-102(6) or successor statute, and shall have power and authority, and is hereby empowered and authorized, to manage and operate such community corrections programs and activities. For the purposes of definitions contained in C.R.S. § 17-27-102 or successor statute, the city's "governing body" shall be the Denver city council and the "unit of local government" shall be the City and County of Denver, acting through the department of safety. The department of safety shall be the sole city agency having management authority over community corrections programs and activities. All powers, responsibilities and activities of the manager of safety as set out in this section or in division 9 of article VIII of chapter 2 of this Code may be delegated to such designee(s) as the said manager may determine, subject to the manager's final authority.

    (b)

    In addition to the powers granted to the manager of safety by article 27 of title 17, Colorado Revised Statutes, or successor statute, the said manager shall have power and authority, and is hereby empowered and authorized, to adopt conditions, guidelines and rules and regulations for the establishment, management, supervision and operation of community corrections programs and activities for offenders as defined herein, for offenders released from or transferred from the Denver county jail or other city correctional facility to the community corrections program, pursuant to the provisions of article 27 of title 17, Colorado Revised Statutes, and for certain operational and decisional parameters for the Denver community corrections board.

    (c)

    The manager of safety is hereby authorized to contract for the services necessary to implement community corrections programs from monies appropriated by the city or generated by these programs or payable from other community corrections funding sources, including but not limited to the state and federal governments.

    (d)

    For the purposes of this section, "community corrections program" shall have the meaning set out at C.R.S. § 17-27-102 or successor statute. Placement of offenders into the community corrections program as established and operated by the city shall be accomplished through interaction with the Denver community corrections board, which shall utilize such criteria for recommendation of placement of such offenders as may be developed by the said manager, in coordination and consultation with the board, as guidelines, or may, in the manager's discretion, be promulgated through rule and regulation.

(Ord. No. 481-03, § 1, 6-16-03)

Editor's Note

Ord. No. 689-05, §§ 2, 3, adopted Sept. 19, 2005, repealed former section 14-124 in its entirety and renumbered section 14-125 as new section 14-124. Former section 14-124 pertained to mileage allowances, and derived from Ord. No. 534-80, § 1(157.3), adopted Nov. 10, 1980; Ord. No. 23-97, § 1, adopted Jan. 6, 1997; Ord. No. 735-01, § 1, adopted Aug. 27, 2001.