Officer stalked his ex after breakup using 10 different numbers, UT police say

An officer is accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend using 10 phone numbers after she ended their relationship, Utah police told news outlets.

The former girlfriend told Sandy City officers she broke up with Todd Douglas Goodsell of the Salt Lake City Police Department in November but he continued trying to contact her, police told KSTU.

He tried contacting her 52 times after she asked him to stop, police told KUTV.

“There is clear and convincing evidence that [Goodsell] is a danger to the victim. This case involves stalking of a former partner where [Goodsell] refused to cease contacting the alleged victim after she requested several times to stop,” the charging documents obtained by KUTV read.

The woman told officers she moved and changed her number along with her email address, police told KSL.

He also tried getting ahold of her through Instagram and Venmo and would make a new account after she’d block him, police told KSTU.

Goodsell started working as a patrol officer in 2019 and was put on paid administrative leave, Salt Lake City Police Department spokesman Brent Weisberg told the outlet.

Although the woman said Goodsell was never violent, officers told KUTV “stalking can increase the risk of intimate partner homicide by three times.”

Goodsell, 40, was arrested on May 23 and charged with stalking a “current or former cohabitant,” officers told KSL.

Sandy City is about a 20-mile drive southeast from Salt Lake City.

This story was originally published June 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM with the headline "Officer stalked his ex after breakup using 10 different numbers, UT police say."