Detective Steve Thomas

While investigative efforts were rebuffed, my search warrant affidavits and attempts to gather evidence in the murder investigation of a six-year-old child were met with refusals and instead the suggestion that we ask the permission of the Ramseys before proceeding. And just before conducting the Ramsey interviews, I thought it inconceivable I was being lectured on building trust.

While investigative efforts were rebuffed, my search warrant affidavits and attempts to gather evidence in the murder investigation of a six-year-old child were met with refusals and instead the suggestion that we ask the permission of the Ramseys before proceeding. And just before conducting the Ramsey interviews, I thought it inconceivable I was being lectured on building trust.

These are but a few of the many examples of why I chose to leave. Having to convince, to plead at times, to a district attorney's office to assist us in the murder of a little girl by way of the most basic of investigative requests was simply absurd. I believe the district attorney's office is thoroughly compromised.

These are but a few of the many examples of why I chose to leave. Having to convince, to plead at times, to a district attorney's office to assist us in the murder of a little girl by way of the most basic of investigative requests was simply absurd. I believe the district attorney's office is thoroughly compromised.

When we were told by one in the district attorney's office months before we had even completed our investigation that this case is not prosecutable, we shook our heads in disbelief. Will there be a real attempt at justice? I may be among the last to find out. It is my belief the district attorney's office has effectively crippled this case. The time for intervention is now.

When we were told by one in the district attorney's office months before we had even completed our investigation that this case is not prosecutable, we shook our heads in disbelief. Will there be a real attempt at justice? I may be among the last to find out. It is my belief the district attorney's office has effectively crippled this case. The time for intervention is now.

What I witnessed for two years of my life was so fundamentally flawed, it reduced me to tears. Everything the badge ever meant to me was so foundationally shaken. One should never have to sell one's soul as a prerequisite to wear it.

What I witnessed for two years of my life was so fundamentally flawed, it reduced me to tears. Everything the badge ever meant to me was so foundationally shaken. One should never have to sell one's soul as a prerequisite to wear it.

On June 26, after leaving the investigation for the last time and leaving the city of Boulder, I wept as I drove home, removing my detective's shield and placing it on the seat beside me, later putting it on a desk drawer at home, knowing I could never put it back on. At 36 years old, I thought my life's passion as a police officer was carved in stone.

On June 26, after leaving the investigation for the last time and leaving the city of Boulder, I wept as I drove home, removing my detective's shield and placing it on the seat beside me, later putting it on a desk drawer at home, knowing I could never put it back on. At 36 years old, I thought my life's passion as a police officer was carved in stone.

I realized that although I may have to trade my badge for a carpenter's hammer, I will do so with a clear conscience. It is with a heavy heart that I offer my resignation from the Boulder Police Department in protest of this continuing travesty. Detective Steve Thomas, number 638, Detective Division, Boulder Police Department.

I realized that although I may have to trade my badge for a carpenter's hammer, I will do so with a clear conscience. It is with a heavy heart that I offer my resignation from the Boulder Police Department in protest of this continuing travesty. Detective Steve Thomas, number 638, Detective Division, Boulder Police Department.