A Colorado police officer faces four years of probation after being convicted of various crimes while he was employed by the Edgewater and Blackhawk police departments.

First Judicial District Judge Christopher Rhamey sentenced Nathan Geerdes to four years of probation — with a requirement to register as a sex offender during the four years — for charges of forgery, attempts to influence a public servant and unlawful sexual contact stemming from incidents between 2019 and 2021.

Geerdes also lost his Peace Operations Specialized Training certification and he can never work in law enforcement again, according to a press release from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office. 

The Geerdes worked as a sergeant for the Edgewater Police Department and officer for the Blackhawk Police Department before facing four counts of unlawful sexual contact and one count of retaliation against a witness. Geerdes sexually assaulted a female officer in two separate incidents after leaving a holiday party while off-duty on Dec. 12, 2019, according to the release.

He was indicted on the charges after a year-long Colorado Grand Jury investigation in December 2022. He was immediately fired by the Blackhawk Police Department.

The attorney’s office charged Geerdes with additional counts following information uncovered during the prior investigation. He was charged with five counts of attempting to influence a public servant and five counts of forgery in June 2023.

Geerdes provided false information to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Arvada Police Department, RTD Transit Police Department, Dacono Police Department and the Black Hawk Police Department during his career, the attorney’s office said. 

Geerdes pleaded guilty to one count of forgery, unlawful sexual contact and first-degree official misconduct on Jan. 23.

Violation of the terms of his four-year probation would mean up to 24 months in jail for unlawful sexual contact and up to three years in prison for forgery, according to the attorney’s office.

“You hunted, you preyed, you abused and used your authority and your position to get away with what we were supposed to protect against,” a former victim of Geerdes’ said during his sentencing on Monday.

The woman claimed to have been sexually harassed by Geerdes and other Edgewater officers before quitting the department in 2014.

“He doesn’t deserve to wear the badge,” she said.

“Sir, you are the problem. You are the person that law enforcement talks about when they say ‘a few bad apples’,” Rhamey said before sentencing Geerdes. “You are the person that you guys sat around and talked about as people who are making life so hard for your former colleagues. You are the reason we see investigations into law enforcement.”

Geerdes did not address the court, though several colleagues and family members spoke to support him, according to the release.