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This week Corporal Derek Colling from the Albany County Sheriff's office resigned. Colling shot and killed Laramie resident Robbie Ramirez during a traffic stop in 2018. Ramirez was unarmed. Colling was hired after having been fired from the Las Vegas police department following an altercation with a photographer. He had also killed two people while working for that department and many objected when former Sheriff Dave O'Malley hired him.
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A screenshot of dash camera footage that captured Albany County Sheriff s officer Derek Colling approaching the vehicle of Robbie Ramirez.
An Albany County Sheriff s Corporal who killed an unarmed man in 2018 has resigned. Sheriff Aaron Appelhans said Derek Colling submitted his resignation Wednesday, but Applehans did not comment on the details surrounding the resignation.
Colling was widely criticized after he shot and killed Laramie resident Robbie Ramirez during a traffic stop. It was the third time in his career he shot and killed someone. The previous two incidents were in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Despite the fact that the Division of Criminal Investigation called the shooting justified, many community members expressed dismay over it and why Colling was hired in the first place. Many also expressed anger that former Albany County Attorney Peggy Trent did not charge him with a crime.
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