Former Commerce City Cop Awarded $300,000

By Brian Maass
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – A former Commerce City police officer who claimed the city penalized him for his military service while he served as a patrol officer has settled his claims against the city for a $300,000 payout.
Officer Derek Richter filed a federal lawsuit against Commerce City in August 2015 saying the police department refused to allow him to test and advance to a higher police rank due to his time away from work serving as a Captain in the Army National Gu