The Denver Fire Department has begun a new program, conducting elevator inspections in the city in what the department describes as "taking action to address a growing public safety crisis." But a private elevator inspection contractor says the city move will negatively impact elevator inspection companies in what he calls "100% a money grab."

Up until recently, elevator or "conveyance" inspections in Denver were left to private contractors whose inspectors were licensed and trained and the Denver Fire Department oversaw the inspection program. But in September, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced that in the face of a massive budget deficit, the inspections themselves would be taken over by the Denver Fire Department with an aim of raising another $2.1 million per year.

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