Week of Sept. 14, 2026: Two Deputies Terminated for Cause and a Sergeant Resigns While Under Investigation
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 weren’t able to get documents in time for publishing, but we have multiple actions that happened months ago added only late last week.
Joella Gallegos (CO-2933-8882)
- Terminated for cause as a certified deputy with Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on Sept. 2
- Hired by Jefferson County SO in 2012
Sources:
- POST Database
- Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
Devin Cooper (CO-102-506)
- Resigned while under investigation as an officer with Colorado Springs Police Department on Sept. 6
- Hired by Colorado Springs PD in April 2025
Sources:
- POST Database
- Colorado Springs Police Department
Nathan Scudder (CO-138761)
- Terminated for cause as a certified deputy with Weld County Sheriff's Office on Feb. 25
Sources:
- POST Database
Dana Oakes (CO-138216)
- Resigned in lieu of termination for cause as a sergeant with Weld County Sheriff's Office on May 28
Sources:
- POST Database
