Devonte Simmons CO-118-022

Week of July 13, 2026: El Paso County Deputy Decertified for Unlawful Force

Andrew Fraieli

Andrew Fraieli

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Week of July 13, 2026: El Paso County Deputy Decertified for Unlawful Force
Welcome to our weekly sum-up. Every Monday we send out a short summary of the last week’s officers that have landed on Colorado’s Peace Officer Standards and Training public database of law enforcement misconduct and actions. These actions from POST are not necessarily only those that have happened in the last week, but those that have been added, and consist of any other context we could find. Additionally are officers with otherwise obvious misconduct from around the same time.

 This week we have few documents to show yet, and a handful of decertifications.

Michael Henderson (CO-2329-4374)

  • Decertified while with Loveland Police Department for untruthfulness on July 14

Sources:

    • POST Database
Image courtesy of Devonte Simmons public Facebook page. Photo illustration by Andrew Fraieli.

Devonte Simmons (CO-118-022)

  • Decertified as a deputy with El Paso County Sheriff's Office on July 16 for unlawful use of force and failure to intervene
  • Resigned in lieu of termination for cause from El Paso County Sheriff's Office on July 24, 2025
  • Formerly with Colorado Department of Corrections.

Sources:

    • POST Database
    • LinkedIn page

Roland Riley (CO-301-063)

  • Terminated for cause as a deputy with Costilla County Sheriff’s Office on July 10
  • Charged in March with one count of second degree assault causing injury with a deadly weapon, and one count of third degree assault through knowingly or recklessly causing injury

Sources:

    • POST Database
    • Court Records
Image courtesy of Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Photo illustration by Andrew Fraieli

Anthony Shuler-Cordova (CO-7373-9074)

  • Terminated for cause as a deputy with Douglas County Sheriff's Office on July 9

Sources:

    • POST Database

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