The Larimer County Sheriff's office does not understand the stalking statutes, although that is a problem with law enforcement agencies nationwide. This results in a failure to protect stalking victims, and in failing to protect them, emboldens them to continue to stalk. I was stalked for many years by a woman clinically diagnosed as a paranoid psychotic. She was also determined by a psychiatrist who specializes in stalkers to be a "psychotic stalker, resentful type." She had a long history of making threats, filing false charges, falsifying documents, harassing people who knew me, etc. She made contact with a local news editor who had a reputation in the area for being willing to write inaccurate stories to help her friends hurt their enemies to make false accusations against me. The editor was later fired for writing this and similar stories. She then used copies of the article as a weapon, sending them off to people to convince them I was a bad person. She and her husband then either made calls or arranged for others to make calls to numerous people, most of whom I did not even know, to make derogatory comments about them so they could trump up a case trying to make it appear it was I who was defaming them. They actually brought a case into court and lost. This appeared to just enrage them further. They were in the process of making numerous contacts with my employer alleging false accusations and accusing me of having illnesses they knew for a fact I never had in an effort to manipulate him into firing me and deluging the local post office with mail addressed to me when I finally asked Sgt Tim Sullivan to do something to stop it. Sgt. Sullivan turned out to be a friend of a friend of theirs who had helped them harass years earlier, a Sgt Steve Lindemann. I had turned Lindemann in to Internal Affairs after he tried to file a false charge against me, which the DA refused to accept. He had already left the dept. Sullivan was no help. In fact, what he did was initiate an investigation without telling me, and his only effort to contact my witnesses was to falsely state to them there was no stalking and to make me the problem, which the psychiatrist who was the expert picked up on immediately and told me he was doing. He also failed to get any of my evidence, but got the stalker's. Sullivan also badmouthed me to other officers which resulted in problems with my being able to get appropriate help when I needed it later. The Larimer County Sheriff, by their own admission, released false medical information about me in their reports in violation of HIPPA, and Sgt Sullivan insisted on putting the news article in his report so that it could be requested at minimal charge by the public, knowing it was libel. Sgt Sullivan was reported to Internal Affairs and there was some resolution. I made contact with a nationally respected police detective who had written books about stalkers and how to stop them and he was helpful in giving advice on how to put a stop to it. My doctor sent a letter to the County Attorney to confirm the "medical" information from the stalker was totally false. I suggested to the Larimer County Sheriff that they have the police detective, who educates law enforcement agencies nationwide, come educate them on the problem of stalking, understanding the relevant statutes, stopping the stalking and providing some genuinely helpful support and protection for the victim, instead of victim bashing. They were unwilling to consider doing so. read more

The applicant process is quite picky which is good, however they unfortunately do a horrendous job of vetting individuals with psychological issues as evident by the character of the deputies you will find there. The training system is inadequate to prepare new deputies for the realities of Jail work. The only way to advance in your career is to be part of the good ol' boys club and to never question the many unsound work principals you see and deal with daily. Jail work is difficult for most female Deputies but hiring them just due to their gender is the norm. 5% of the female Deputies there could handle themselves in a fight, and those Deputies get called out in IA's for aggressiveness. Management is terrified of female Deputies and will aggressively coddle them to keep from getting called out erroneously #metoo style. Supervisors are lazy, picking up overtime shifts (from regular housing Deputies OT slots) then hanging out in supervisor's office all shift rather than actually working in a pod. When confronted with a violent inmate, supervisors have no problem directing a Deputy to taze the inmate rather than doing it themselves so that they can shift the responsibility. Be cautious, the romanticized ideology of "The thin blue line" is just that at LCSO...thin. There isn't a person there at any level that wouldn't stab you in the back to get ahead or to save themselves in a tough situation, including your "brothers in blue." read more

I would like to leave no stars. My wife is there. Has been there since Sunday night and been requesting to see a doctor. Here it is Thurs and NO DOCTOR HAS SEEN HER. She HAS A VALID PRESCRIPTION for opiates which they will not give out. So what have they done to help her withdrawals? NOTHING! Just some blood pressure meds. But go in as a person with addictions to opiates, they give suboxen to curb the withdrawals on top of the blood pressure meds, that way they feel just fine. They have her out date wrong and doing nothing about it. And good luck talking to anyone inside the jail. The rent a cops and civilians that want to be cops refuse to help in any way. The cruel and unusual punishment is real. It's great they have a program for the addicts. But the ones that go in with real pain issues and not allowed to take their meds deserve to be as comfortable as someone that is an addict. And they should give them something to help with their pain. Larimer county government needs help. I am out of this town asap. And I never plan on looking back. read more