(1) The district attorney shall, if no criminal charges are filed following the completion of an investigation pursuant to section 16-2.5-301, C.R.S., release a report and publicly disclose the report explaining the district attorney's findings, including the basis for the decision not to charge the officer with any criminal conduct. The district attorney shall post the written report on its website or, if it does not have a website, make it publicly available upon request.
If the district attorney refers the matter under investigation to the grand jury, thedistrict attorney shall release a statement at the time the matter is referred to the grand jury disclosing the general purpose of the grand jury's investigation. If no true bill is returned, the grand jury shall issue and publish a report.
All disclosures required by this section remain subject to the criminal justice recordsact.
Source: L. 2015: Entire section added, (SB 15- 219), ch. 210, p. 769, § 3, effective May 20. L. 2020: (2) amended, (SB 20-217), ch. 110, p. 456, § 8, effective June 19.
Cross references: (1) (a) For the legislative declaration in SB 15-219, see section 1 of chapter 210, Session Laws of Colorado 2015.
(b) For the legislative declaration in SB 20-217, see section 1 of chapter 110, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.
For the criminal justice records act referred to in subsection (3), see part 3 of article72 of title 24.