8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1507-81-5

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 16, August 25, 2024

Section 8 CCR 1507-81-5 - Responsibilities and Requirements

The Director of the Office of Public Safety Communications shall perform or shall delegate the following functions concerning public safety communications to ensure the continuity of existence and the full transfer of functions to the administration of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in the Department of Public Safety from the State Office of Information Technology:

A. Formulate recommendations for a current and long-range communications plan involving public safety radio communications systems and their integration into applicable public safety communications networks in consultation with local, state, and federal departments, institutions, and agencies;

B. Administer the approved current and long-range plan for public safety communications and supervise all state-owned public safety communications networks, systems, public safety wireless broadband and microwave facilities;

C. Review all existing and future state-owned public safety communications applications, planning, networks, systems, programs, equipment, and facilities and establish priorities for those that are necessary and desirable to accomplish the purposes set forth in part 25 article 33.5 of title 24, C.R.S.;

D. Approve or disapprove the acquisition of public safety communications equipment by any state department, institution, or agency;

E. Establish and enforce public safety communications policies, procedures, standards, and records for management of public safety communications networks and facilities for all state departments, institutions, and agencies;

F. Review, assess, and ensure compliance with federal and state public safety communications regulations pertaining to the needs and function of state departments, institutions, and agencies;

G. Administer the Public Safety Communications Trust Fund created in § 24-33.5-2510, C.R.S.;

H. Exercise the powers, duties, and functions regarding the tactical and long-term interoperable communications plan adopted by each region, and facilitate measure to improve communications among public safety agencies in the region and with public safety agencies of other regions, the state and federal governments, and other states, to include testing, training, and exercise; and

I. Review submissions from regions for tactical and long-term interoperability plans or revisions thereto to determine eligibility to receive homeland security or public safety grant money administered by the Department of Local Affairs, the Department of Public Safety, or the Department of Health and Environment.

8 CCR 1507-81-5

46 CR 24, December 25, 2023, effective 1/14/2024