Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-33.5-415.3. Information on gangs--legislative declaration

(a) The proliferation of gangs and gang-related crimes is no longer merely a matter facing urban communities, and has become a matter of statewide concern;

(b) Gang activity involves a multitude of crimes, and illegal drug use and drug-trafficking constitute common factors associated with all gang-related activities and in the continuing pattern of gang-related violence;

(c) While the primary responsibility for law enforcement rests with local police and sheriffs' departments, drugs and drug-related crimes and gang-related criminal activity resulting therefrom have placed an overwhelming burden on the existing resources of all law enforcement agencies, especially rural departments. Therefore, the state has an obligation to make additional support available to local law enforcement through increased assistance in the investigation of narcotics and dangerous drug law violations; expanded training of local officers to improve their ability to interdict the sale and use of drugs in their communities; increased ability to assist in seizing moneys and properties utilized in drug transactions; improved forensic laboratory capability for the quantification and qualitative analysis of narcotics and dangerous drugs; and enhanced capability to collect, analyze, and disseminate information on drug and gang-related criminal activity.

(d) In order to contain the spread of gang violence, the development of a computerized data base tracking system is necessary to improve the consistency of data shared by the different law enforcement and judicial elements of the criminal justice system, both within the state and among various states confronted with similar gang violence.

(a) The person's name, along with any aliases;

(b) The person's last-known address;

(c) The person's date of birth;

(d) The date of any arrest and the arrest numbers, the investigating agency's case number, the final disposition of any criminal case filed with a court, and the court number;

(e) Any information relevant to the person's association or affiliation with a gang or with gang activities.