{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-16-2.5-102","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 16-2.5-102","heading":"Certified peace officer - P.O.S.T. certification required.","body":"The following peace officers shall meet all the standards imposed by law on a peace officer and shall be certified by the P.O.S.T. board: A chief of police, a police officer, a sheriff, an undersheriff, a deputy sheriff, a Colorado state patrol officer, a town marshal, a deputy town marshal, a reserve police officer, a reserve deputy sheriff, a reserve deputy town marshal, a police officer or reserve police officer employed by a state institution of higher education, a department of revenue auto industry division employee identified in section 16-2.5-122, a department of revenue firearms dealer division employee identified in section 16-2.5-121.5 (2), a Colorado wildlife officer, a Colorado parks and recreation officer, a Colorado police administrator or police officer employed by the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo, an attorney general criminal investigator, a community parole officer, a public transit officer, a municipal court marshal, administrators of judicial security, the department of corrections inspector general, and a Colorado ranger.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS","Article 2.5 - Peace Officers","Part 1 - PEACE OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-16.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"f7e0fc5862a0457c453449d823cd567181cc8b52508b9559fb229b4a219f8d3f","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-16-2.5-101","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-16-2.5-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}