A 31-year-old Fort Collins police officer has been charged with official misconduct and attempting to sexually exploit a child, Fort Collins Police Services announced Wednesday.
An internal investigation — which led to a criminal investigation — began in October 2025 after a woman told the department that the officer, Andrew Cirone, had allegedly asked her adult daughter for “explicit images” from when she was a child, according to the release.
He is currently on paid administrative leave, and "the process has started for him to be placed on unpaid leave," a FCPS spokeperson told Denver7 in an email.
Detectives worry that there could be additional victims, the FCPS release said.
Cirone, who has been employed with FCPS since 2018 and was assigned to the downtown unit, turned himself in to the Larimer County Jail on Wednesday, according to the release. A Larimer County judge set his bond at $10,000 cash surety Wednesday afternoon, calling the allegations "very concerning."
The judge said in court his biggest concern was that "this was not a one-time thing," saying that the affidavit included two victims whom Cirone contacted multiple times. As a condition of the bond, Cirone is not allowed contact with any minors outside of his own children.
Cirone was “removed from any role in the agency that might interact with the public” at the start of the internal investigation, the release stated. After that investigation “revealed potential criminal components,” a criminal investigation also began, the release said.
FCPS reviewed body cam footage, witness statements and case reports and found Cirone "had failed on multiple occasions to adhere to standard investigative procedures outlined by FCPS policy and Colorado Revised Statutes,” the release stated.
He was placed on administrative leave on Dec. 30, 2025, according to the release.
Cirone has been charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a child, a felony, and first degree official misconduct, a misdemeanor. The case will also be reviewed by the city’s Citizen Review Board, which reviews internal investigations where an officer allegedly used force, fired a gun, committed a crime or when someone died, was injured or says their civil rights were violated.
FCPS Chief of Police Jeff Swoboda said in the release that the agency “cannot publicly discuss the specifics of the case right now,” but that the department is “committed to transparency.”
Cirone's next court appearance is set for Feb. 9.
FCPS is asking anyone who believes they are a victim or has additional information to contact the FCPS Tipline at (970) 416-2125, or Larimer County Crime Stoppers at (970) 221-6868.
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