In their first full legislative session since mass protests over police brutality, Colorado lawmakers passed bills to regulate use of force, expand alternatives to policing and make police actions and discipline more transparent to the public. There was no sweeping reform bill similar to the one passed in June 2020, but lawmakers, law enforcement and advocacy groups worked to build upon those changes in the six of 10 bills about policing that cleared the Statehouse. “It’s a little less confrontational than it was last year with our legislature, when we had a complete revamp of our system in 10 days,” said Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith, chair of the County Sheriffs of Colorado’s legislative committee. Lawmakers passed bills regulating a controversial method of identifying suspects and banned officers from directing a paramedic to inject someone with ketamine.

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