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

[Skully]

i dont buy the deal Sheriff Smith said.

So, let me try to understand, on the off chance that secret service is in Colorado, we created a law to give them powers? How often is the secret service here and has this every actually came up?

and if the president is in town, believe me the DPD or CSP will be there as well. if someone needs arresting I am sure it will be covered.

I tend to agree..............

We have enough local county, city and state law enforcement. Giving more power to federal agents is asking for more overstepping. The worse part is secret service was listed as the subject matter. Outside of protecting Federal elected elite, and watching over the mint what do they need to be doing that the other law enforment is already doing.

Too many power plays. Federal goverment is already a 1 trillion dollar fat chick sucking the life blood from its citizens and in need of a serious lipo suction and low calorie diet. Stop feeding it more twinkies.

[OneGuy67]

i dont buy the deal Sheriff Smith said.

So, let me try to understand, on the off chance that secret service is in Colorado, we created a law to give them powers? How often is the secret service here and has this every actually came up?

and if the president is in town, believe me the DPD or CSP will be there as well. if someone needs arresting I am sure it will be covered.

The Secret Service has an office in the DTC. Many Agents work out of there. They've had a Denver office for at least 20 years now.

[OneGuy67]

so, you are saying those secret service agents have no power now? and yet they have gotten by for 20 years? what exactly is many agents?

seems like a answer in search of a problem. we dont need more feds.

Nope. Just clarifying your statement of the "off chance they are in Colorado". They have a large presence here and have had for a long time.

[OneGuy67]

I figured there were the Mint agents but, I didnt think there would be other agents here. Especially any that would need to arrest anyone.

There are Mint police, Secret Service Agents, ICE Agents, DEA Agents, ATF Agents, HUD Agents, DOE Agents, IRS Agents, Federal Park Rangers and a number of other law enforcement associated with the IG units of all the federal agencies. You would be surprised at how many different types of federal law enforcement that are here in the Denver area.

[OneGuy67]

the article specifically named the secret service.
obviously there are lots of federal employees here. that is a problem, shrink the federal government and we wont need to give them more power.

Yeah, that is true. The article was specifically about the Secret Service. There is another bill running through the legislature right now to give the DoD cops at Fort Carson state police powers as well. In the statute, other federal Agents have been given state police powers already. It really is a non-issue, but I would be hard pressed to convince you of that.

I would wholeheartedly agree there is too many federal employees and too many federal law enforcement under each of the IG offices of EVERY federal agency. They need to consolidate and shrink or require the FBI to take over their investigative duties without an increase in manpower and do away with the IG offices. I agree completely. Is it going to happen? No.

[Ronin13]

I figured there were the Mint agents but, I didnt think there would be other agents here. Especially any that would need to arrest anyone.

Like you said earlier- anywhere a USSS protected individual would go (aside from the multitude of smaller, temporarily protected individuals, mostly dignitaries) be it the POTUS, VP, or SotH, there will be ample local LE presence and really the only crime secret service would happen to be there for would be an attempt on the life of a protected individual (P, VP, Speaker- all attempts are in violation of Federal law). No need whatsoever for more powers.