1. Criminal Justice: Police Operations
... arresting offenders, securing them with handcuffs, and searching both offenders and residences. These same officers are prohibited from carrying firearms when reserve peace officers, who according to Colorado Revised Statutes have lesser peace officer status than probation officers, are authorized to carry firearms (C.R.S. 18-1-901[IV5][A] & [B], 1997). Such discrepancies are sure to create ... their officers to carry firearms on duty. In 1994, the Office of Probation Services in Denver distributed a 50-question survey to state probation personnel throughout Colorado. The intention was t...
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