Week of Oct. 19, 2026: Multiple Officers Arrested for Charges from Assault to Extortion

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 multiple arrests of officers across the state for charges from assault to extortion, a few terminations and updates on officers like Aurora’s that was terminated for using MDMA.

David Savage (CO-6683-7448)

• Terminated for cause as a deputy with Douglas County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 14.
• Formerly a school resource officer at Chaparral High School in Douglas County.

Sources:

• POST Database
• Douglas County Sheriff’s Office

Aaron Horwitz (CO-116529)

• Terminated for cause as a detective with Johnstown Police Department on Oct. 13.
• Hired by Johnstown Police Department in July 2025.
• Previously terminated for cause from Larimer County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 15, 2023.

Sources:

• POST Database

Scott McKay (CO-7925-3248)

• Arrested as an officer with Nunn Police Department Sept. 2 on charges of third degree assault through knowingly or recklessly causing injury and harassment through striking, kicking or shoving for offenses from Feb. 5.
• Weld County Court told Blue Surveillance they did not have an arrest affidavit.
• Previously a deputy with Weld County Sheriff’s Office from January 2015 to July 2016, a patrol deputy with Logan County Sheriff’s Office from October 2016 to November 2017 and terminated for “civil issues” according to his job application, officer with Eaton Police Department from January 2018 to July 2021 and resigned, an officer with Platteville Police Department from September 2021 to October 2021 and then an officer with Burlington Police Department from November 2023 until being hired by Nunn in January 2026.

Sources:

• POST Database
• Court Records
• Nunn Police Department Job Application

Thomas Dunagan (CO-8775-1332)

• Charged by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation on Sept. 8 as an investigator with Las Animas Police Department on two counts of extortion and two counts of official misconduct from offenses on June 9.
• Each count of extortion names a different person living in Las Animas as the alleged victim, according to a court charges document.
• Las Animas Police Department did not respond to a Oct. 19 request for relevant documents before publishing.

Sources:

• POST Database
• Court Documents

Officer updates:

Records that must come directly from a law enforcement agency are not required to be released within three business days, as it is with CORA requests to municipalities. Sometimes an officer is added to the database later in the week, and there isn’t time for records requests to come before the newsletter has to be sent out. Sometimes the records we get back are resumes or job applications without much more information, but sometimes they are documents that do lend more important details. Whenever any of these updates come in, we’ll put them here.

Inayah Cooley (CO-129242)

• Resigned while under investigation as a sergeant with the Aurora Police Department on July 15
• Previously worked as an officer with Aurora PD from 2006 to 2016. City of Aurora redacted her reason for leaving in Cooley’s job application
• Rehired by Aurora PD in 2020.
• Updates: Internal Affairs Summaries
  • According to an internal affairs report summary, Cooley was terminated for violating internal policies of conformance to law, conduct unbecoming and substance abuse due to consuming MDMA and ketamine on two occasions for recreational use. The investigation stemmed from an external complaint.

Isaac Castillo (CO-6609-8233)

• Decertified as a deputy with Douglas County Sheriff's Office on Sept. 25 because he knowingly made an untruthful statement concerning a material fact or knowingly omitted a material fact during an internal affairs investigation on May 15
• Terminated for cause as a deputy with Douglas County Sheriff’s Office on July 9
• Issued a credibility report as a deputy with Douglas County SO on July 9
• Updates: IA Summaries
  • According to Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, there are no internal affairs reports releasable as involving misconduct against a member of the public, while on duty, and in an investigation that has concluded.
  • DCSO supplied two IA report summaries and one complaint all from 2023 and a credibility report letter to the 23rd District Attorney’s Office from June.
  • According to one IA summary, Castillo was investigated for “inappropriate behavior” towards a Douglas County citizen on April 10, 2023. The gender of the citizen is redacted. Castillo had two sustained policy violations of general conduct and one of regarding body worn cameras. The summary reports he was suspended and had a two-year letter of reprimand.

James DeSchryver (CO-748-637)

• Terminated for cause as an officer with Fairplay Police Department on Oct. 9.
• Updates:
  • According to Fairplay Police Department, DeSchryver’s most recent internal affairs investigation files relate to an ongoing criminal investigation and so cannot be released. Blue Surveillance could not find a recent, or any, criminal court case for DeSchryver in any district or county court.
  • Formerly with Summit County Sheriff’s Office