District attorney seeks digital-evidence coordinator as caseload rises; office cites more than 3 million items

Aug 12, 2025

The district attorney asked the Commissioners Court to reclassify an hourly legal-administration role into a salaried digital evidence coordinator, citing responsibility for over 3,100,000 digital evidence items and ongoing training and discovery management for defense counsel and law enforcement.

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Miss Parsons, district attorney, told the Commissioners Court her office requested a reclassification from a legal-administration secretary (hourly) to a salaried digital evidence coordinator at no net cost to the county because the role already existed in the staffing complement. "There's over 3,100,000 items of evidence that we are dealing with digitally in our office," Parsons said, describing the scope of the coordinator's responsibilities.

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