Colorado Mounted Rangers

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Colorado Mounted Rangers
Shoulder patch
Common name	Colorado Rangers
Abbreviation	CMR
Motto	Protecting and Serving Colorado Since 1861
Agency overview
Formed	1861
Preceding agencies	Jefferson Rangers (1859-1861) Colorado Department of Safety (Colorado Rangers) (1861-1927)
Superseding agency	Colorado Rangers Law Enforcement Shared Reserve
Volunteers	Yes
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Colorado, USA
Map of Colorado
Size	104,185 square miles (269,840 km2)
Population	5,456,574 (2015 est.)[1]
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction
Operational structure
Rangers	~200
Cadets	~15
Agency executive	Colonel Ronald M Abramson, State Commander
Notables
Person	Edward P. Bell, Ranger, for being the only ranger to be killed in the line of duty.
Significant operation	Law Enforcement Auxiliary

Colorado Mounted Rangers (CMR) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and former statutory state law enforcement auxiliary in the US State of Colorado. The organization served as the legal entity for the Colorado Rangers from February 1941 until In July 2018, when the Colorado Mounted Rangers ceased their operational law enforcement activities, transitioning the Colorado Rangers to a newly formed government agency named Colorado Rangers Law Enforcement Shared Reserve.

Colorado Mounted Rangers annually provided more than 50,000 volunteer hours to law enforcement agencies throughout the State of Colorado by providing additional peace officer resources in times of need. The Statutory Auxiliary was not funded by tax dollars and the Colorado Mounted Rangers served without pay. The Colorado Rangers are the oldest statewide law enforcement organization in Colorado, originally organized in 1861 by the Colorado Territory.