STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — An independent investigation by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Mesa County District Attorney’s Office has determined several public officials did not commit any crimes.
The investigation, which was prompted by a complaint from former Steamboat Springs Police Department officer Kristin Bantle, was looking into conduct by Routt County Sheriff Garrett Wiggins, District Attorney Brett Barkey and District Attorney’s Office investigator Doug Winters.
Bantle in a written statement Wednesday called the Mesa County District Attorney’s Office ruling “arbitrary and capricious.”
“It appears the protectionism I witnessed during my career in law enforcement, that shielded corrupt and violent police officers, extends into the Colorado judicial system,” Bantle said.
Bantle was charged in July 2015 with attempting to influence a public servant by lying to Wiggins about past drug use when she was applying for a job. She was subsequently fired from the police department, but .
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