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ORDINANCE: O-2002-44
SUBJECT: Amending Title 1 of the Lakewood Municipal Code pertaining to General Provisions.
ADDRESS: N/A
RECOMMENDATION: Mayor and City Council approve the proposed ordinance.
FUNDING SOURCE: N/A
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
The proposed ordinance amends Title 1, pertaining to general provisions, by making the following changes:
· Definition of peace officer. The definition of a peace officer has been amended to empower Red Rocks Community College Campus (RRCC) police officers to enforce all provisions of the Lakewood Traffic Code and Title 9 of the Lakewood Municipal Code pertaining to public peace and safety. This enforcement authority will be limited to within the campus boundaries of the Red Rocks Community College that are located within the City of Lakewood. Chief John Mackey of the RRCC Police Department has requested this enforcement authority for his officers. RRCC employs twelve police officers. These officers are state certified and have full police powers on the college campus, including arrest authority. Currently, all traffic and penal tickets that are written by RRCC officers are cited into state court.
The majority of all tickets and penal tickets written by RRCC officers are to Lakewood residents. Allowing RRCC officers to cite violators into municipal court will be more convenient for the Lakewood residents who have received such tickets. Three public schools, Warren Tech High School, McLain Community School, and Long View High School, are in close proximity to RRCC. Each of these schools conducts weekend and evening classes on the college campus. This amendment will empower RRCC police officers to cite students charged with misdemeanor criminal offenses into municipal court and utilize the municipal court programs specifically developed for juvenile offenders. It is anticipated that the RRCC police officers will issue approximately three hundred tickets per year. Municipal court can handle this slight increase in volume. The City will keep the revenues received from the issuance of such tickets.
· Court records of proceedings concerning juveniles. The provision, which restricts public access to municipal court records of proceedings concerning juveniles charged with a penal offense, has been amended to reflect recent changes in state law. Such confidential records are only open to inspection without a court order when permitted by the Colorado Children's Code, Title 19, C.R.S. The current list of whom has access to said records, which is contained in the municipal provision, is outdated and incomplete. Municipal court records of juveniles charged only with traffic violations are not confidential and are open to release to the public.
DATE OF FIRST READING: November 25, 2002
DATE OF SECOND READING: December 9, 2002
ORIGINATED BY: Ronald R. Burns, Chief of Police, 303-987-7102
STAFF PERSON RESPONSIBLE: Janet Young, Deputy City Attorney, 303-987-7108
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED: Ordinance O-2002-44
Redline Version
SUBMITTED BY:
Ronald R. Burns, Chief of Police
REVIEWED BY:
Joni Inman, Director Mayor and City Manager's Office
Michael J. Rock, City Manager
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