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Sector · Public Safety

When the code does not exist yet. The process builds it.

Public safety work at Confluence has ranged from developing Colorado’s first wildfire resilience building code to restructuring the state’s criminal justice advisory architecture to rebuilding forensic accountability at the CBI. Each engagement required a process capable of holding together parties with directly competing interests and producing recommendations with the force of law.

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Members on the Wildfire Resiliency Code Board

50+

Outside voices in criminal justice deliberations before recommendations

Colorado's first

Wildfire Resiliency Code, the product of a structured statewide process

State Board · Wildfire Resilience · Code Development

Wildfire Resiliency Code Board

Fire Officials, Local Government, Fire Science Experts, Construction
Colorado’s wildfire risk had been growing for decades, but the state had no unified code governing how structures in the wildland-urban interface should be built or hardened. SB23-166 created the Wildfire Resiliency Code Board and tasked it with developing and adopting model codes for communities at risk. The Division of Fire Prevention and Control contracted with Confluence to support the newly formed 21-member Board.
Confluence worked with Division staff and Board leadership to design and sequence the work of the Board and its subcommittees, facilitated all meetings, and created structured opportunities for stakeholder and public input throughout the process. The Board held meetings across the state to ensure that communities facing different wildfire conditions and local political realities had a voice in the codes that would govern them. Colorado’s first Wildfire Resiliency Code was the result.
21

Board members

Client

Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control

Output
Colorado’s first Wildfire Resiliency Code
Scope
Statewide meetings · Multiple subcommittees · Public input process

Governor's Working Group · Criminal Justice

Working Group on Transforming Criminal & Juvenile Justice

TCJJ working group
The Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice had guided state criminal justice policy for nearly twenty years. In 2023, a bill to reauthorize it was postponed indefinitely, sunsetting the body without a replacement. Governor Polis issued an executive order creating the Working Group on Transforming Criminal and Juvenile Justice and directed it to recommend the structure, purpose, and composition of a new permanent entity.
Confluence was selected to facilitate the 17-member group, which included prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement, reform advocates, and stakeholders with diverse professional and lived experience perspectives. The process brought more than 50 outside voices into the deliberations before the group turned to its own recommendations. After extensive deliberation, the TCJJ reached consensus on the mission, vision, structure, and membership for two new permanent commissions to address adult and juvenile justice.
Published Report
A Transformative Approach to Criminal & Juvenile Justice in Colorado
Downloads
Full Report with Appendices

Governor's Committee · Forensic Accountability

CBI Forensic Services Committee

CBI forensic committee or expert advisory group
Following the discovery of errors and inappropriate handling of forensic evidence at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Governor formed the CBI Forensic Services Committee to recommend process improvements, accountability measures, and oversight structures for CBI’s forensic labs.
The Committee brought together forensic scientists, law enforcement officials, prosecutors, defense attorneys, victim advocates, and national subject matter experts. Confluence was selected to manage and facilitate the group’s work, including developing bylaws and operational norms, collaborating with CBI on the arc of the process, facilitating all meetings, and producing periodic progress reports.
Requested by

CBI Director

Participants
Forensic scientists · Law enforcement · Prosecutors · Defense attorneys · Victim advocates · National experts
Role
Process design · Facilitation · Bylaws development · Progress reporting

Strategic Planning · Juvenile Justice

Colorado JJDP Council, Strategic Planning

JJDP Council retreat or juvenile justice planning
The Colorado Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Council advises the Governor and the legislature on juvenile justice issues. In fall 2023, the Office of Adult and Juvenile Justice Assistance retained Confluence to facilitate the Council’s annual retreat, guide a three-year strategic planning process, and support creation of the JJDP’s strategic plan.
Confluence led the Council through a multi-day retreat to assess recent work, clarify the Council’s role within the broader juvenile justice ecosystem, and align on priorities and vision. Confluence has continued to facilitate multiple Council subcommittees and provide strategic advice to OAJJA leaders on an ongoing basis.

Full strategic planning entry on the Strategic Planning page.

Client
Colorado Office of Adult and Juvenile Justice Assistance
Scope
Annual retreat · Three-year strategic plan · Ongoing subcommittee facilitation

After extensive deliberation, the group reached consensus on the mission, vision, structure, and membership for two new permanent commissions.

Working Group on Transforming Criminal & Juvenile Justice · March 2024

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