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A man who briefly served as Ouray County’s undersheriff and a former Delta Police Department officer are among those who cannot be certified to work as a peace officer again in Colorado. State records show Richard Herman, who pleaded guilty to harassment after he was initially charged with propositioning a teenager, and Jeremy Gay, who was found by his agency to have made an untruthful statement, had their certifications revoked by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board. Gay’s...

Share and speak up for justice, law & order... Six Colorado law enforcement officers lost their certification Friday for lying during criminal investigations or internal affairs investigations. The action comes after the state passed a law in 2019 that enabled POST to de-certify any police officer from retaining their license if they were caught lying in an criminal or administrative investigation in a way that was “clear and convincing.” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser during a Frida...

A 2019 law ensures that officers who lie in court or during an investigation can not just move to a job at another police department.