Secret Service Invading Colorado?

http://utahguns.com/news/?p=119

Is Colorado Governor Hickenlooper really going to sign a bill that will open the door for Fedeal Agents to enter his state and, to the fear of many residents, arrest Constitutional Sheriffs?

Has this bill (Numbered SB13-013) already passed the Colorado House and the Senate without the general population of the State even knowing about it?

And if Federal Agents already have such jurisdiction, why is the bill specifically calling out the Secret Service in granting these powers?

These questions and this story is at least a day old but we have yet to find any word of it in the Denver Post or the Gazette or the Daily Camera (the three largest newspapers in Colorado). Of course, there are many links to story on various blogs. Here’s one for example:

Colorado Gets Worse With SB13-013: SB 13-013 gives members of the Secret Service peace officer authority while working within Colorado. This means they would have the same arrest powers as county Sheriffs, and as some as speculating, would even allow the Secret Service to arrest Sheriffs that do not enforce Colorado’s new gun control legislation.

What’s worse is that SB 13-013 has already passed the House and the Senate, and is headed to Governor Hickenlooper’s desk to be signed.

Digging a little deeper, if you read the powers, authorities, and duties of the United States Secret Service as outlined in United States code, it would seem that technically the Secret Service already has the authority outlined in SB 13-013 unless I’m missing something. So why pass a law giving the Secret Service authority it already has?

The obvious answer is that SB 13-013 is in direct response to County Sheriffs like John Cooke who are refusing to enforce Colorado’s new gun control laws. That may or may not be true, but the question I have is, why did Colorado legislators specify the Secret Service? And why the “specify special agents, uniformed division officers, physical security technicians, physical security specialists or other special officers of the United States Secret Service” language?

We were able to find the actual bill on the State’s legislative website found here where you can read it for yourself: The bill gives a special agent, uniform division officer, physical security technician, physical security specialist, or special officer of the United States secret service limited peace officer authority while working in Colorado.