On July 1, 2024, a new state law went into effect. This law, Senate Bill 24-131, prohibits carrying firearms on all Colorado Community College System campuses, which includes all PPSC buildings and campus grounds, unless a limited exception applies. This ban applies to all individuals, including students, employees, guests and visitors, including those who hold a valid permit for concealed carry.
Individuals who carry a firearm in accordance with a valid concealed carry permit may only carry firearms in parking areas. The law continues to permit PPSC police and authorized security personnel to carry and use firearms on campus.
To comply with the new law, students, employees, guests and visitors should leave firearms at home or keep them properly secured in their vehicles while on campus. Firearms stored in vehicles must be appropriately locked and out of plain view as required by law, including House Bill 24-1348. In accordance with Colorado Statute CRS 18-12-214(3)(a), a concealed weapon permittee may have a handgun on the real property of the public school so long as the handgun remains in his or her vehicle and, if the permittee is not in the vehicle, the handgun is in a compartment within the vehicle and the vehicle is locked.
Children must not be left unattended or unsupervised in campus buildings, on campus grounds, or in vehicles. Under Colorado state law, leaving children unattended can constitute child abuse or neglect and may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.
18-6-401. Colorado Revised Statutes Child Abuse:
1(a) A person commits child abuse if such person causes an injury to a child's life or health, or permits a child to be unreasonably placed in a situation that poses a threat of injury to the child's life or health, or engages in a continued pattern of conduct that results in malnourishment, lack of proper medical care, cruel punishment, mistreatment, or an accumulation of injuries that ultimately results in the death of a child or serious bodily injury to a child. Leaving a child unattended in an automobile for any length of time is considered child neglect and abuse. Furthermore, “Leaving children unattended or unsupervised in campus buildings or on campus grounds can constitute child abuse or child neglect as outlined in the Colorado Protection Act of 1975.”
Information concerning persons who are required by Colorado law to register as sex offenders, including registered sex offenders who are enrolled, employed, or volunteering at Pikes Peak State College, may be obtained from:
Colorado Springs Police Department
705 South Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs 80903
Phone: (719) 444-7000
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El Paso County Sheriff's Department
210 South Tejon Avenue
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
Phone: (719) 520-7100
Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Convicted Sex Offender Site.
Animals are not permitted on campus, including inside buildings or left in vehicles, except for service animals and animals approved for instructional purposes.
Service animals or those used for instructional purposes must be on a leash and be under the direct and positive control of the owner.
Violation can result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.