Aurora police officer suspended and demoted running for sheriff in Las Animas County Officer wrongfully detained a Black family and held them at gunpoint in August 2020 An Aurora police officer demoted and suspended for wrongfully detaining a Black family and holding children at gunpoint last summer wants to become the next sheriff of Las Animas County. and last updated 2021-07-08 10:29:36-04 AURORA, Colo. â An Aurora police officer demoted and suspended for wrongfully detaining a Black family and holding children at gunpoint last summer wants to become the next sheriff of Las Animas County. Darian Dasko submitted his application to run as a Republican for the Las Animas County Sheriffâs seat on July 1. He is the first candidate to submit his application for the 2022 election. Las Animas is home to 14,000 people.