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Wyoming sheriff s official resigns amid wrongful death suit
MEAD GRUVER, Associated Press
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) A Wyoming sheriff s corporal who is facing a wrongful death lawsuit in the killing of an unarmed mentally ill man in 2018 has resigned.
Derek Colling left his job Wednesday, the Albany County Sheriff s Office said in a release Thursday.
No other information about the personnel matter would be provided, the release said. Colling had no listed phone number and couldn t be reached for comment.
Colling was a patrol deputy when he shot and killed Robert “Robbie” Ramirez, 39, after a traffic stop in Laramie in 2018. Ramirez drove off during the stop, and police car video shows that Colling followed him to his apartment, where he shot him with a Taser then his gun.
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In his 10 years with the University of Wyoming Police Department, Aaron Appelhans was a detective, a patrol sergeant and an administrator. He dabbled in crime prevention, public information and supervision. He boasts a heavy toolbelt of training and instruction certifications. Even before he put on the badge, he says his time traveling the state as a university admissions officer taught him how to talk to anyone.
Now, heâs graduated. And heâs making history as the stateâs first Black sheriff, joining its first Black police chief, Jim Byrd, who broke that barrier in 1966.
With his appointment, Appelhans becomes part of an unprecedented group of Black sheriffs taking office across the country following Novemberâs election. In Georgia, three counties elected their first Black sheriffs. Stafford County in New Hampshire voted for Mark Brave, a lieutenant who publicly supports expanding body camera usage and making the agencyâs operations more transparent. Eric F