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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 566155" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am sorry that your heart is hurting because he has chosen to be homeless right now. I know in my town the homeless shelter is a VERY nice place, but I have seen other shelters in bigger cities that are not nearly what ours is. I hope and pray that he is able to keep himself safe and that at some point the lack of rules will wear off.</p><p></p><p>I think the identification requirement that he was told about is CO's version of the 'Stop and Identify' statute. Basically this says that if the officer suspects criminal activity they can insist you identify yourself. The language for Co says that they "may require" identifying information. So if they suspect him of loitering, drug use, public intoxication, etc...., they actually CAN require some form of ID and it is perfectly legal. This is CO revised statute 16-3-103 and the actual statute is:</p><p></p><p>16-3-103</p><p></p><p>1. A peace officer may stop any person who he reasonable suspects is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a crime and may require him to give his name and address, identification if available, and an explanation of his actions. A peace officer shall not require any person who is stopped pursuant to this section to produce or divulge such person's social security number. The stopping shall not constitute an arrest.</p><p></p><p>2. When a peace officer has stopped a person for questioning pursuant to this section and reasonable suspects his personal safety requires it, he may conduct a pat-down search of that person for weapons.</p><p></p><p>(<a href="http://search.jurisearch.com/NLLXML/getcode.asp?userid=GUEST9&interface=NLL&statecd=CO&codesec=16-3-103&sessionyr=2012&Title=16&datatype=S&noheader=1&nojumpmsg=0" target="_blank">http://search.jurisearch.com/NLLXML/getcode.asp?userid=GUEST9&interface=NLL&statecd=CO&codesec=16-3-103&sessionyr=2012&Title=16&datatype=S&noheader=1&nojumpmsg=0</a>)</p><p></p><p>I don't know that they can arrest him for not having ID if he gives them his name and address, but his life WILL be easier with proper ID. Giving any false information IS a crime in the US. Not that this stops people, but . . . .</p><p></p><p>I hoep this helps. At least you know your son has coffee and is showering and eating. I know this is gut-wrenching, but it is his choice. He has to learn the hard way or he will not ever choose anything else. I wish this would happen sooner, but sadly it will be on his time schedule.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 566155, member: 1233"] I am sorry that your heart is hurting because he has chosen to be homeless right now. I know in my town the homeless shelter is a VERY nice place, but I have seen other shelters in bigger cities that are not nearly what ours is. I hope and pray that he is able to keep himself safe and that at some point the lack of rules will wear off. I think the identification requirement that he was told about is CO's version of the 'Stop and Identify' statute. Basically this says that if the officer suspects criminal activity they can insist you identify yourself. The language for Co says that they "may require" identifying information. So if they suspect him of loitering, drug use, public intoxication, etc...., they actually CAN require some form of ID and it is perfectly legal. This is CO revised statute 16-3-103 and the actual statute is: 16-3-103 1. A peace officer may stop any person who he reasonable suspects is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a crime and may require him to give his name and address, identification if available, and an explanation of his actions. A peace officer shall not require any person who is stopped pursuant to this section to produce or divulge such person's social security number. The stopping shall not constitute an arrest. 2. When a peace officer has stopped a person for questioning pursuant to this section and reasonable suspects his personal safety requires it, he may conduct a pat-down search of that person for weapons. ([url]http://search.jurisearch.com/NLLXML/getcode.asp?userid=GUEST9&interface=NLL&statecd=CO&codesec=16-3-103&sessionyr=2012&Title=16&datatype=S&noheader=1&nojumpmsg=0[/url]) I don't know that they can arrest him for not having ID if he gives them his name and address, but his life WILL be easier with proper ID. Giving any false information IS a crime in the US. Not that this stops people, but . . . . I hoep this helps. At least you know your son has coffee and is showering and eating. I know this is gut-wrenching, but it is his choice. He has to learn the hard way or he will not ever choose anything else. I wish this would happen sooner, but sadly it will be on his time schedule. [/QUOTE]
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