Screening committee for recommendations of appointment to monitor position.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 2-371
in effectSec. 2-371. - Screening committee for recommendations of appointment to monitor position.
(a) The citizen's oversight board shall identify a screening committee within sixty (60) days of any vacancy in the director of the office of the independent monitor. For vacancies arising after January 1, 2022, The screening committee shall consist of the following seven (7) persons:
(1) The chairperson of the board, who shall be the chairperson of the screening committee;
(2) A member of city council as selected by the city council president;
(3) A representative appointed by the mayor;
(4) A current or retired judge as selected by the citizen's oversight board;
(5) The office of human resources executive director;
(6) A person with extensive knowledge of internal police investigations or the monitoring of internal police investigations but who has never been employed by the Denver police, sheriff, or fire departments as selected by the citizen's oversight board; and
(7) A community representative who was personally, previously justice-involved, as selected by the citizen's oversight board.
(b) The screening committee shall forward to the citizen oversight board the names of up to three (3) candidates, who will then participate in a community process.
(c) Within thirty (30) days of the completion of the community process, the citizen oversight board shall nominate for appointment from the list of names submitted by the screening committee, unless the citizen oversight board decides not to nominate any of those candidates, in which case the citizen oversight board shall request the screening committee to provide additional names, who will then be vetted through a community process until a proposed nominee is selected for appointment. The citizen's oversight board by affirmative vote of a majority of all the authorized membership shall nominate a candidate for appointment to the director of the office of independent monitor. Such appointment shall be subject to the consent of council acting by resolution.
(d) Neither the monitor nor any employees of the monitor's office shall have formerly been employees of the Denver police, sheriff, or fire departments.
(Ord. No. 730-04, § 1, 10-4-04; Ord. No. 661-12, § 2, 12-26-12; Ord. No. 882-21, §§ 1, 2, 8-16-21)
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_ARTXVIIIOFINMO_S2-371SCCOREAPMOPOFetched: 10/27/2026