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Colorado Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST)

POST is a unit of the Criminal Justice Section at the Colorado Attorney General's Office. It documents and manages the certification and training of all active peace officers and reserve peace officers working in Colorado. POST provides continuing training on emerging issues, distributes grants to law enforcement agencies, and investigates civil and criminal violations of POST’s certification statutes.

Compliance

Compliance oversees and approves POST law enforcement academies, processes variance requests to POST Rule, certifies and decertifies peace officers and audits law enforcement agencies’ Use of Force policies.

Training

Training develops and implements quality practices in a variety of areas to educate and support law enforcement, as well as tracks in-service training hours for certified peace officers, pursuant to POST Rule 28.

Grants

Grants manages statewide budget for reimbursement of law enforcement training expenses, distributes funds for Colorado training regions, coordinates formulaic and competitive grant application process and audits law enforcement agencies receiving training equipment from POST.
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The mission of Colorado POST is to establish and maintain standards for peace officer training and certification that are relevant, realistic and responsive to our ever-changing world.

What's New

Save the Date for a POST Conference in Spring 2025

As policing changes under the impacts of the modern world, so does POST! We decided it's time to bring our stakeholders together for a two-day conference and dive deeper into POST procedures, best practices and other key law enforcement topics. Join us for an opportunity to learn, network and engage with experts in the field! 

November 2024 Newsletter

Many don’t realize that certification is only a portion of what POST is about. Sometimes we can’t wrap our own heads around everything we do!

August 2024 Newsletter

Another summer flew by as our team worked hard to provide agencies with the quality training and technical support they need. We had a great time mentoring an intern and getting new POSTies up to speed, and have learned much from this experience.
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