Denver Settlement Agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act

“As a form of reasonable accommodation under the ADA, within one hundred and twenty (120) days of the entry of this Consent Decree, Denver shall implement a written reassignment policy in accordance with the ADA that will allow disabled police officers to be reassigned to vacant Career Service positions. In the interim, Denver will offer reassignment as a reasonable accommodation.

 

“Denver shall rescind and remove any policy and practice prohibiting the reassignment of police officers to Career Service vacancies when those employees become unable to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, the essential functions of the positions they hold.”