SB 13-013. Secret Service allowed to act as LEO in Colorado.

[Rooskibar03]

You have to be shitting me? Please tell me I'm missing something here.

http://mobile.wnd.com/2013/03/state-...mQrbBtuVSzE.99


(And if this is a repost it'll be fitting cause I had the worse effen day at work in a very long time)

[polski]

F#@kers...Why do we have to go to WND to learn about this one?

[car-15]

You have to be shitting me? Please tell me I'm missing something here.

http://mobile.wnd.com/2013/03/state-...mQrbBtuVSzE.99


(And if this is a repost it'll be fitting cause I had the worse effen day at work in a very long time)

it is, at least 3 times today already.

[Irving]

BUT, you were the only one with an appropriate title.

[car-15]

BUT, you were the only one with an appropriate title.

yep.

[d_striker]

Wow. The writing is on the wall for CO.

"Domestic terrorist" will be the new catch phrase of the MSM going forward.

WTF is happening here?

[Kraven251]

We are getting ready to enter the wayback machine and go trick or treating in France circa 1789

[streetglideok]

Its scary in that it is flying well below the radar screen, and the excuses for the bill. Using it for detaining people for 72hrs due to mental health reasons? Remember, Morse was quoted as saying gun ownership is a mental illness, wasnt he?

[Sawin]

I'm not sure who here is familiar with Larimer county Sheriff Justin Smith, but he's one of the good guys. He's been extremely vocal and politically active during these last few months and posts regularly on facebook. His comments line up 100% with the consensus we have on this forum. Here is his response to this concern:

"Several citizens have contacted me expressing concerns about an article they read reporting Colorado granting state law enforcement authority to the Secret Service.

I am aware of this and the stories that you've likely read put this in a light that isn't truly accurate. Let me give you some background.

Several years back, local law enforcement recognized that the way our peace officer statutes were written, federal law enforcement officers working in our state had no authority or legal protections to intervene when they witnessed a citizen being victimized right in front of them. Their statutory authority only allowed them to intervene if a federal law was being violated. Very few daily crimes are federal violations. (Envision an Aurora Theater Shooting incident where an armed federal officer had no statutory authority to intervene as a peace officer).

Our state Police Officers Standards and Training (POST) Board, made up of Colorado Chiefs and Sheriffs, agreed to consider requests by individual federal law enforcement agencies to grant limited powers to their officers, in the interest of immediate protection of Colorado citizens.

The changes essentially allow those officers to intervene when they witness a crime in progress and require they turn the case over the to the local authority. They also are granted the authority to assist a local officer in need. Lastly, the statute specifically prohibits the covered federal agencies from initiating any independent investigations of state law.

If you would like to read the specific wording of the current statute, it is CRS 16-2.5-147. This year's amendment simply adds agents of the Secret Service to the list of officers that we recognize under Colorado statute."

source: https://www.facebook.com/SheriffJust...ref=ts&fref=ts

[liberty19]

Since we (Colorado) are the poster child for gun control why not become the poster child for the federal police state too. California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey - here we come.