{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-33.5-101","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 24-33.5-101","heading":"Legislative declaration.","body":"(1) The general assembly finds and declares that:\n\n(a) The various agencies of this state concerned with public safety have functioned independently and without central direction or focus;\n\n(b) Consolidation of these agencies under a single department would provide the state with greater responsibility for and direction of the several aspects of the public safety system without creating a new bureaucracy; and\n\n(c) The several state agencies thus brought together would benefit from such an association.","path":["Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE","Article 33.5 - Public Safety","Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-24.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"d1356e6577fa63f338adc10b546e8df60be30d2e4427d0f71b389c53f61a4d1c","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-33-301-to-24-33-304","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-33.5-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}