Retaliation prohibited.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 2-108
in effectSec. 2-108. - Retaliation prohibited.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no supervisor shall impose or threaten to impose any adverse employment action upon an employee on account of the employee's disclosure of information about any official misconduct to any person.
(b) The protections afforded by this article VII shall not apply to any employee:
(1) Who discloses information that the employee knows to be false or who discloses information without regard for the truth or falsity thereof;
(2) Who discloses information in a manner prohibited by law including, by way of example, information that is prescribed as being confidential by law; or
(3) Who otherwise discloses information in bad faith.
(c) It shall be the obligation of an employee who wishes to disclose information under the protection of this article VII to make a good faith effort to provide to an appropriate reporting authority the information to be disclosed prior to the time of its disclosure. The protection of this article VII shall not extend to reports of official misconduct that are made anonymously.
(Ord. No. 427-07, § 1, 8-13-07; Ord. No. 643-11, § 2, 12-19-11)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH2AD_ARTVIIWHPR_S2-108REPRFetched: 10/27/2026