In the Eighth Judicial District, whenever there's an officer-involved shooting resulting in injury or death, the multi-agency Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) steps in. They conduct a thorough investigation. After the investigation, the findings are reported to the District Attorney.
The District Attorney carefully reviews the entire investigation and uses the relevant laws to decide if the use of force was justified. If the use of force is found to be justified, the District Attorney prepares a report in the form of a letter and sends it to the police chief or sheriff of the agency where the officer worked.
Statute
See information on the statute: Peace Officer-Involved Shooting Statute C.R.S. 16-2.5-301
CIRT Protocol and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Read the CIRT Protocol and MOU.
Opinion Letters and Media Releases
You can also find the Opinion Letters at Community Relations and Engagement under "News Releases."
Those denoted with ❋ are reviews regarding incidents at the jail. Due to a smaller scale investigation, opinion letters are significantly shorter.
2025
June 15, 2025 Officer Involved Incident
March 24, 2025, Jail Incident ❋
March 10, 2025, Officer Involved Incident
March 3, 2025, Officer Involved Incident
- DA Opinion Letter Re: Officer Involved Incident 03/03/25
- Larimer County Sheriff's Office Press Release
2024
August, 20, 2024 Officer Involved Incident
- DA Opinion Letter Re: Officer Involved Incident 08/20/24
- Loveland Police Department Press Release 08/26/24
- Larimer County Sheriff's Office Press Release
July 21, 2024 Officer Involved Incident
- DA Opinion Letter Re: Officer Involved Incident 07/21/24
- Virtual Town Hall (9/9/24)
- Larimer County Sheriff's Office Press Release
February 7, 2024 Officer Involved Incident
- DA Opinion Letter Re: Officer Involved Incident 02/07/24
- Larimer County Sheriff's Office Press Release
January 7, 2024 Officer Involved Incident
2023
November 16, 2023 Officer Involved Incident
November 3, 2023 Officer Involved Incident
February, 18, 2023 Officer-Involved Incident
2022
December 8, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident
November 21, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident
October 21, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident
September 29, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident
September 14, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident
September 2, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident
July 12, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident
June 1, 2022 Officer-Involved Incident
April 14, 2022, Officer-Involved Incident
January 10, 2022 Officer Involved Incident
2021
September 23, 2021 Officer-Involved Incident
August 16, 2021 Officer-Involved Incident
July 28, 2021 Officer-Involved Incident
June 26, 2020 Arrest of Karen Garner Investigation
2020
February 18, 2020 In-Custody Death ❋
2019
November 30, 2019 Officer-Involved Incident
November 24, 2019 Officer-Involved Incident
November 11, 2019 Officer-Involved Incident
April 29, 2019 Officer-Involved Incident
January 12, 2019 Officer-Involved Incident
