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Colorado law is lenient when it comes to discipline of police officers. Unless they are convicted of a felony or one of 44 misdemeanors detailed in statute as cause to end an officer's career, an officer can remain in law enforcement despite past offenses that forced him or her out of a previous job. The Denver Post found some striking examples of police who were rehired by other units with little reprimand, such as an officer who allegedly had sex with a prostitute in a squad car and another who was twice arrested for domestic violence.
“In Colorado, a police officer can be fired or resign for egregious violations of moral turpitude… But so long as there is no conviction of a felony or one of the misdemeanors, the officer is free to seek employment at another agency.”
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