Colorado Springs Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Disorderly Conduct While Off-Duty

Officer Evan Graff is still employed with CSPD

Colorado Springs Police Officer Evan Graff, 26, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct through unreasonable noise on Aug. 17. He was sentenced to 12 months of probation and 24 hours of community service.

Graff was originally charged with obstruction of a firefighter or medical personnel  — a class two misdemeanor — from an incident in April. According to court documents, Graff was brought to a hospital for alcohol intoxication while off-duty. It states that Graff “got aggressive” while a registered nurse treated him. She told responding officers that Graff “balled his fists and pulled his arm back” and she thought he was going to punch her and that his actions obstructed her ability to do her job.

Obstruction of a firefighter or medical personnel is a decertifying charge: had it not been amended, Graff would have lost his certification to operate as a law enforcement officer in Colorado if convicted.

According to CSPD Public Information Officer Derek Wilson, Graff is still employed with the department, working “alternate duty” such as answering phoned in reports from the public.

Wilson said that CSPD’s policies “guide what is and isn’t acceptable and what we will do in general for next steps,” mentioning alternate duty as one of those steps, and that this is all dependent on the severity of the crime.

CSPD does not have any specific policies regarding officers being employed while on probation, but Wilson said that criminal cases will initiate internal affairs investigations and that Graff has one ongoing.