Uniform maintenance and weapons allowance.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-110
in effectSec. 18-110. - Uniform maintenance and weapons allowance.
An annual allowance shall be paid to deputy sheriff majors, deputy sheriff division chiefs, and the sheriff for the maintenance of uniforms. This payment shall be made at the end of each calendar year. Upon separation other than for cause, this payment shall be prorated for the number of months served during the calendar year. Effective January 1, 2023, the amount of the annual allowance shall be seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
All employees hired on or after January 1, 2024 shall receive an allowance of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) toward the cost of purchasing a weapon from the list of duty weapons approved by the department. Such payment shall be made within thirty (30) days after the employee presents the department with written proof of purchase of the weapon.
Upon separation from employment, any employee who received this allowance will retain the weapon they purchased, and shall reimburse the City in accordance with the following proration schedule:
(1) If employed by the department for less than one (1) year: 100% of the weapon allowance amount paid by the city;
(2) If employed by the department for less than two (2) years: 80% of the weapon allowance amount paid by the city;
(3) If employed by the department for less than three (3) years: 60% of the weapon allowance amount paid by the city;
(4) If employed by the department for less than four (4) years: 40% of the weapon allowance amount paid by the city;
(5) If employed by the department for less than five (5) years: 20% of the weapon allowance amount paid by the city; and
(6) If employed by the department for five (5) or more years: no reimbursement required.
Such reimbursement, if any, shall be deducted from the employee's final paycheck.
(Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05; Ord. No. 55-06, § 3, 1-23-06; Ord. No. 381-08, § 5, 7-21-08; Ord. No. 666-13, § 2, 12-9-13; Ord. No. 148-20, § 2, 3-9-20; Ord. No. 1220-21, § 3, 11-15-21; Ord. No. 0002-22, § 4, 1-18-22; Ord. No. 281-24, § 3, 3-26-24)
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_CH18EMOFPABE_ARTIVSHCOPA_S18-110UNMAWEALFetched: 10/27/2026