Jason Collier Wiki – Jason Collier Biography
Jason Collier is the chief of the Stinnett Police Department in Texas who was put on leave after a Facebook post from a woman who says she was unknowingly his mistress accused him of living a “double/triple life” with at least two girlfriends while he is married with four children. The Facebook post quickly went viral, spreading throughout Collier’s small northern Texas Panhandle city of 1,800 people and across the internet.
Jason Brent Collier has worked for several Texas police departments in numerous positions, including as an officer, a detective and briefly as the chief of police of the Sunray Police Department. He has more than 21 years of law enforcement experience and was named as the Stinnett Police Department chief in February 2020. The Hutchinson County department has three other full-time police officers and three reserve officers.
In a Facebook post announcing the hiring of Collier, the department wrote, “We are excited to announce our NEW Chief of Police, Jason Collier. Chief Collier comes from Borger Police Department where he was a Sergeant. Chief Collier is Married with 4 children, Ordained minister, 21 years law enforcement, FBI-LEEDA Trilogy graduate, TCOLE instructor, Master police officer, State of Texas Medal of Valor recipient.”
That Facebook post was updated in November 2020 to remove the reference to Collier being married, according to screenshots posted by Steinmetz. The entire Facebook page for the department was later taken down on January 27.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Collier worked as a deputy sheriff with the Gray County Sheriff’s Department from January 2016 to June 2016. He then worked as a customer experience supervisor for Greyhound Lines Inc. before being hired as an officer in Borger. He was the chief of police in Sunray, Texas, from October 2015 to January 2016, was a detective with the Pampa Police Department from 2010 to 2015 and was the chief of the Ralls Police Department from 2008 to 2010. He also worked as a lieutenant with the Friona Police Department.
Jason Collier Age
Jason Collier is 41 years old.
Wife
Collier has been married twice and has four children, two with his ex-wife, and two with his current wife, Opal Collier. In September 2020, he wrote a post on Facebook wishing his wife a happy anniversary. Collier’s wife has not commented about the Facebook drama.
“Happy anniversary to my beautiful bride! I couldn’t imagine doing this life without you,” Collier wrote in his now-deleted September 3, 2020, post. “I know I fall short daily of being the Godly husband, but know I will work hard to be the man you deserve! God has blessed me with you and I can’t wait to see what all He has in the works for us! Thank you for loving me, sacrificing for us, and walking this life beside me! I love you … Here’s to many more years and memories to come!”
According to Steinmetz, she confronted Collier about being married and he tried to play it off by saying his marriage was annulled in 2016. Steinmetz wrote on Facebook, “he even provided me with a picture of a falsified document, which I have verified with Potter County to be invalid.”
Steinmetz wrote on Facebook on January 26, “Chief Jason Collier worked his way into my life, the life ofmy children and family. Spent the weekend with me on vacation in Taos this past weekend. Told me all weekend how he can’t wait to marry me. Turns out, I’m not the only one. He also has a girlfriend in Kansas who he also had asked to marry him. All of this, PLUS a wife at home he claims to have split with in 2016.”
She added, “He took me on shift with him last week as well, but wouldn’t introduce me to the ladies in the office since according to him, ‘they’re b****** and one is mad I won’t date her sister.’ Everything he told me and my family is a lie and is a poor representation of your town. He clearly has no morals or ethics. He has also driven to visit me in Amarillo while on shift in his police vehicle. Not only has he hurt me, he has hurt my children with his lies … The jig is up, Jason.”
Steinmetz added, “So anyway, I hope this serves as a warning to anyone else he is lying to and manipulating. I feel stupid having this made public, but will take the embarrassment if it saves anyone else from the heartache.”
Girlfriend
Steinmetz posted a Facebook photo on January 18 with Collier. The comments on the photo start our with typical messages from friends. One wrote, “Beautiful couple❤️❤️.” Another said, “Look at y’all!” But on January 25, Steinmetz commented on her own post, “Oh hey…. might want to make sure mutual friends don’t know your WIFE.”
Another woman, Kristi Shaffer, then began commenting saying she had also been dating Collier and believed he was only dating her. She said they had been engaged since December 2020. Steinmetz and Shaffer then began comparing excuses he gave them for why he was away, and learned that he was often with them or another woman, or his wife, on those occasions. Steinmetz and Shaffer commented that he would say he was working on special police assignments, like at the protests in Portland or the aftermath of the Christmas Day downtown Nashville bombing.
“He claims to have a side job with the government going to riots/national emergencies,” Steinmetz said on Facebook.
Steinmetz wrote, “Wow, weekend of the 16th. He told me he was in Lubbock helping his disabled brother.” Shaffer replied, “Wait…his brother is disabled?!?!??! … Nope we were in wichita…he broke his window at my home and we went to get it fixed.” Steinmetz replied, “oh wow! He told ME that his son shut the door and broke the window,” to which Shaffer said, “my son did!!!!!!! The glass is still in my front yard.”
Steinmetz and Shaffer also both discovered Collier had bought each of them the same gift: a coffee maker. “He wanted to buy me a coffee maker as a wedding gift!!!!! At Target with my kids,” Shaffer wrote. Steinmetz said, “he just brought up getting a coffee maker for my house on Sunday since I don’t drink coffee and he does.”
A third woman has also come forward to say she was also dating Collier, while other women said they had similar experiences meeting him on dating apps, like Plenty of Fish. Steinmetz posted a screenshot of Collier’s dating profile.
“Looking for friendship and then more from there,” Collier wrote on his Plenty of Fish page. “Not looking for a hook up. Sincere conversation, building trust and relationship first. Looking forward to hearing from you!”
Another woman said Collier’s behavior dates back to 2007. Angie Cogdill Bowman posted on the city of Stinnett’s Facebook page saying Collier had done the same thing to her. Bowman’s son, Brett Eggers, then added more about the accusations from his mother in a Facebook group dedicated to Collier:
My mother Angie Cogdill Bowman, was in a dating relationship with Jason Collier in 2007. Jason claimed his wife and mother of his three year old daughter was dead. Jason said he had a crazy ex-girlfriend, who turned out to be his wife, Mandy Collier, who was not dead. My mother met his entire family and they did not say a word about his current wife or involvement with my mom. I believe he lived in Hereford, Texas with his father, and worked for the Friona Police Department. There’s a couple of small stories I vaguely remember of the guy, but he gives all Police Officers a bad name.
Another woman, Heather Owen, posted photos with Collier and shared other details:
Yep same damn thing! Didn’t propose but kept telling me he loved me! Was talking about the future, moving away to Wyoming. He portrayed himself as a Christian man. Would pray for our relationship and future. He had me thinking I had found mr. perfect! A friend of mine, seeing me fall hard and fast for this guy, decided to do some digging on him and found some things that pointed to him still be married. Called him out on it and he sent me the same b.s. annulment papers. I finally got confirmation from his brother via Facebook that he is still married! Had no clue he was doing the same damn thing with other women!
Collier Sent an Apology Video to Steinmetz
Collier sent an apology video to Steinmetz, which she posted on Facebook. In the video, Collier said, “I feel like the biggest piece of s***. Sorry.” The video was recorded in Collier’s police vehicle while he was in uniform.
Collier continued, “I didn’t mean to hide anything or lie to you. Sorry. I’m so sorry. Please, I just want you to forgive me. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” In the video, his police radio can be heard in the background.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1092453244529070&t=0
Steinmetz wrote on Facebook, “He has been gaslighting me today acting like I’m crazy and that everything I’ve found isn’t him. … I’m embarrassed, pissed off and humiliated.”
Shaffer said she met Collier in December and by the end of the month he had planned to propose. “He actually begged me to pick out a ring so he could ask my Dad for my hand….my parents live in Idaho,” she wrote on Facebook. Steinmetz replied to her comment, “he couldn’t wait to ask my dad as well.
When asked by another friend of there were other women, Steinmetz replied, “I’m sure there are more. He had asked both me and Kristi to marry him, the sooner the better he said.”
Steinmetz said on Facebook, “When I started questioning him about more things today he turned it on me and said we aren’t compatible anymore because he doesn’t feel I have a relationship with God and don’t go to church.”
Steinmetz and Shaffer said what they experienced was a form of “love bombing.” According to Healthline, “love bombing” is, “when someone overwhelms you with loving words, actions, and behavior as a manipulation technique.”
Shaffer wrote on Facebook, “He kept trying to buy me things, buy my kids things, and got angry when I said look I don’t need those things, I’m their provider. He made an excuse everytime I called him on something that didn’t fit. It always haunted me that he had sent me a photo of his bedroom. And kitchen and dining room.”
Steinmetz added, “that’s sick!! He wouldn’t let me pay for anything either. He used several different cards when paying for things on our trip this weekend. He also told me how attractive it was to him that I didn’t ‘need’ him and was self sufficient.”