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2024 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102)
Article 8 - Offenses - Governmental Operations (§§ 18-8-101 — 18-8-805)
Part 1 - OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC JUSTICE (§§ 18-8-101 — 18-8-118)
Section 18-8-116 - Disarming a peace officer

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CO Rev Stat § 18-8-116 (2024)
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  • (1) A person commits disarming a peace officer if he or she knowingly, without justification and without consent, removes the firearm or self-defense electronic control device, direct-contact stun device, or other similar device of a peace officer who is acting under color of his or her official authority.
  • (2) Disarming a peace officer is a class 5 felony.
  • (3) The term "peace officer" as used in this section means a peace officer in uniform or, if out of uniform, one who has identified himself by exhibiting his credentials as such peace officer to the person.

L. 85: Entire section added, p. 677, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2009: (1) amended, (HB 09-1120), ch. 305, p. 1651, §3, effective July 1.

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