My question involves a speeding ticket from the State of: CO

Can an officer park on the sidewalk in order to use a radar or laser and clock traffic? I realize they do this all the time, but when my son asked me why they can park on the sidewalk but we can't, I did not have a good answer other than they can.

After searching numerous websites and traffic codes, i found the following:

Based on my reading of the Colorado State Model Traffic Code, I get no, but I am sure there is some exception that allows an officer to do such.


1204. Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in
compliance with the directions of a police officer or an official traffic control device, in any of the following places:
(a) On a sidewalk;
(b) Within an intersection;
(c) On a crosswalk;
(d) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the traffic authority indicates a different
length by signs or markings;
(e) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
(f) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(g) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
(h) On any railroad tracks;
(i) On any controlled-access highway;
(j) In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers;
(k) At any other place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, in addition to the restrictions specified in subsection (1) of this section, no person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or an official traffic control device, in any of the following places:
(a) Within five feet of a public or private driveway;
(b) Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant;
(c) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(d) Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon or signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(e) Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within seventy-five feet of said entrance when properly signposted;
(f) At any other place where official signs prohibit standing.
(3) In addition to the restrictions specified in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, no person shall park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, in any of the following places:
(a) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(b) At any other place where official signs prohibit parking.
(4) (a) Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section shall not prohibit persons from parking bicycles or electrical assisted bicycles on sidewalks in accordance with the provisions of section 1412 (11) (a) and (11) (b).
(b) Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of this section shall not prohibit persons from parking two or more bicycles or electrical assisted bicycles abreast in accordance with the provisions of
section 1412 (11) (d).
(c) Paragraphs (a), (c), and (d) of subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to bicycles or electrical assisted bicycles parked on sidewalks in accordance with section 1412 (11) (a) and (11) (b).
(5) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under such person’s control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(6) This local authority, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may place official traffic control devices prohibiting, limiting, or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on any highway where it is determined, upon the basis of a traffic investigation or study, that such stopping, standing, or parking is dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic thereon. No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions indicated by such devices.
(7) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.

(8) A political subdivision may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or regulation that prohibits the parking of more than one motorcycle within a space served by a single parking meter.


I did find the following, but this is particular to emergency vehicles:
108. Public officers to obey provisions - exceptions for emergency vehicles.
(1) The provisions of this Code applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States, this state, or any county, city, town, district, or other political subdivision of the state, subject to such specific exceptions as are set forth in this Code with reference to authorized emergency vehicles.
(2) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call, or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in this section, but subject to the conditions stated in this Code. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:
(a) Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this Code or State law;
(b) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;
(c) Exceed the lawful speeds set forth in section 1101(2) or exceed the maximum lawful speed limits set forth in section 1101 (8) so long as said driver does not endanger life or property;
(d) Disregard regulations governing directions of movement or turning in specified directions.
(3) The exemptions and conditions provided in paragraphs (b) to (d), in their entirety, of subsection (2) of this section for an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when such vehicle is making use of audible or visual signals meeting the requirements of section 213, and the exemption granted in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section shall apply only when such vehicle is making use of visual signals meeting the requirements of section 213 unless using such visual signals would cause an obstruction to the normal flow of traffic; except that an authorized emergency vehicle being operated as a police vehicle while in actual pursuit of a suspected violator of any provision of this title need not display or make use of audible or visual signals so long as such pursuit is being made to obtain verification of or evidence of the guilt of the suspected violator. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require an emergency vehicle to make use of audible signals when such vehicle is not moving, whether or not the vehicle is occupied.

(4) The provisions of this section shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall such provisions protect the driver from the consequences of such driver’s reckless disregard for the safety of others.