Officer Ashby
The Denver Posts says that Ashby never identified himself as a police officer and had no reason to believe Jack Jacquez, the man he killed, was committing any crime before the shooting, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation found.
Further, Investigators say Ashby had already formulated in his mind that he was going to shoot (Jacquez) prior to drawing his weapon.
The CBI said Ashby lied about circumstances that led up to and followed the shooting, finding that many of his statements contradicted physical evidence and other witness accounts.
Specifically, investigators found Ashby's version of the shooting differed from that of a man who was riding along with the then-cop during his 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. shift.
Ashby served in the Navy as a mechanic in his 20s before moving back to southern Colorado, where he worked in loss prevention at a Kmart in Pueblo for one month in the fall of 2007. He was fired from that job because of "claims made against me by a fellow employee," he said in a police job application. From there he worked as a clerk at a Loaf 'N Jug.
In 2009, he was hired as a Walsenburg police officer. The Post obtained Ashby's 96-page internal affairs and disciplinary records file from his roughly five-year employment there. The file includes allegations that he used profane and derogatory language on the job and one alleged instance of sexual harassment against a dispatcher.
The file also documents how a handcuffed suspect in Ashby's custody escaped and was spotted running through town. Ashby later was forced to pay for the handcuffs, which the suspect removed using bolt cutters.
In June 2014, five months before he shot and killed Jacquez, Ashby joined the nine-person Rocky Ford police force.
Records show he already had been named as part of three internal investigations, including allegations of excessive force in early October.
Officer Ashby
Looks like he missed out on his career calling as a motorcycle gang member. Wonder what the rest of the tattoo looks like. Sort of looks like the top of a skull right above the collar.
Most LE agencies put their goons and bad asses on the night shift.
where are the jackboot lickers and badge worshipers usually by this time one or more are here. Alibing, defending, and name calling to beat the band.
A judge ruled Thursday that there is probable cause for Rocky Ford Police Officer...
Rocky Ford is a small place, and most of these small towns don’t have the budget to hire good police officers as in this case. They should contract with the county or state for law enforcement.