CDPS For All

Our department is dedicated to engaging with our stakeholders and the communities we serve, developing connections, and protecting civil rights of our employees and the public.

CDPS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or marital status.

The goal of CDPS is to create a respectful culture, worplace, and service ethic and to employ the talents of people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to accomplish the various missions of public safety.

Unlawful discrimination or any conduct calculated to discriminate is prohibited. Retaliation against any employee expressing their rights under any civil rights law is prohibited.

It is the policy of the Colorado Department of Public Safety to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, national origin, disability, or age. 

The CDPS Chief Compliance Officer serves as the department's federal Title VI Coordinator, providing administrative direction necessary to ensure that policies and procedures relating to Title VI are implemented and complied with throughout all divisions of the department.

• CDPS FY 25-26 Civil Rights & Workplace Non-Discrimination Compliance Plan (PDF)
• CDPS Title VI Discrimination Complaint Procedure (PDF)
• CDPS Discrimination Complaint Google Form
• CDPS Public Notice of Title VI Program Rights - PDF format or docx format

CDPS is committed to protecting, providing service to, and engaging with all people in Colorado; we are committed to providing meaningful access to our programs, services, and information to all Coloradans. CDPS strives to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1, level AA criteria to enable all users to access our programs, services, and information regardless of ability or disability. We welcome comments on how to improve this website’s accessibility for users with disabilities and for requests for accommodations to any State of Colorado services. Please alert us immediately via this website feedback form so that we can resolve it. You can also contact the CDPS Accessibility Team.

Additional State Accessibility Services

Aira: Free for up to 30 minutes per session

The State of Colorado is excited to offer a new service for blind and low-vision Coloradans through a partnership with Aira, an app that provides live, on-demand visual interpreting through human-to-human assistance. Coloradans get free access for up to 30 minutes per session while navigating state locations and digital services, reducing barriers to services and creating a more welcoming Colorado for all.

To learn more about Aira, including frequently asked questions about the service, visit the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) Aira webpage.

• The Colorado Department of Public Safety is a state agency where every employee's unique attributes contribute to our collective success.

• We are a community of changemakers, each playing a crucial role in fulfilling our statutory duties by adhering to our shared "Safer Together" motto.

• We are irreducibly connected and understand that community takes every member of CDPS to make us a stronger agency where our shared humanity and dignity connect everyone.

• We focus on a common purpose: Engaged employees working together to safeguard lives and to deliver diverse safety services to our communities and our stakeholders.

• We strive to understand our differences and act on our commonalities, creating the connection of CDPS For All - CDPS employees and the people we serve.

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Infrastructure

• Our CDPS For All Council coordinates projects to foster stakeholder and community engagement into each division's daily work practices.
• Our Leadership regularly communicates, reports, and coordinates with the Statewide Equity Office.
• We offer regular events to explore and celebrate our stakeholders' cultures and to engage directly with our communities.
• We sponsor Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), including Proud@CDPS, an ERG for LGBTQIA2S+ employees and allies.
• Our Human Resources procedures focus on equitable, unbiased, and anti-discriminatory practices to ensure dignity, respect, and shared humanity:

       Recruitment

• We expand our outreach to underutilized populations.
• We utilize the SkillBridge veteran internship program to build post-service skills.

       Hiring Process

• We use skills-based hiring practices.
• We redact names & identifying information, including age and gender, from resumes to reduce opportunity for unconscious bias.
• Our job candidate interviewers must complete unconscious bias and non-discrimination training.

       Compensation

• We complete thorough compensation analysis for each new pay action to ensure equity in pay.
• We investigate complaints of wage discrimination.
• We conduct salary analyses and group compensation analyses.
• We follow the step-pay program in collaboration with COWINS.

Policy, Humanity, & Bridging

• Our Chief Compliance Officer ensures all CDPS employees comply with Federal Civil Rights Law.
• Our CDPS policies prohibit discrimination, harassment & retaliation.
• Our policies meet accessibility requirements.
• Our policies integrate bridging principles based on our shared purpose, our culture, and our engagement practices.

Engagement and Training

• All CDPS employees must complete mandatory Civil Rights and non-discrimination and harassment training.
• We conduct listening & discussion sessions with our employees and our stakeholders to identify areas and needs for training or additional professional development.
• We offer beginning, intermediate, and advanced training in belonging and engagement practices.