Date: 01/17/2006
Final
JBC Briefing - Department of Public Safety
COMMITTEE ON JOINT JUDICIARY
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11:20 AM
Senator Tapia then discussed the Department of Public Safety, which receives approximately 27% of its budget from the General Fund. He listed the various responsibilities of the Department of Public Safety and discussed the factors driving the budget, including the State Patrol, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), laboratory services to law enforcement, and other investigative services. He also talked about a new CBI lab that is a cooperative effort with Mesa State College. Moving on to the decision items, Senator Tapia highlighted the Division of Criminal Justice's need for an increase in the community provider rate in order to keep juveniles out of prison. Senator Owen discussed the increase in FTE for homeland security and his concern about state troopers being used for that. He asked the committee to question the department on that issue. He also asked if the committee would be willing to ask about opening community corrections beds as a short-term relief to the bed shortages within the Department of Corrections.
11:32 AM
Representative T. Carroll made some announcements and adjourned the meeting.