Grand County Coordinating Council reports early success with new pretrial services, seeks continued funding

Grand County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council members said March 20 that a newly launched pretrial services program using GPS ankle monitors and a case tracker has shown early success but relies on one‑time grant funding that must be renewed for the county not to assume the cost.

"It's appearing to have worked really well. Got some compliance from folks," said Steven Stocks, Grand County attorney, during the council's March 20 meeting. Council members said equipment training for the ankle monitors is scheduled for the coming week and that staff have placed people on monitored pretrial release.

The program is about one month old. A pretrial services tracker reported having "currently seven participants" and described the work as in‑person contact, phone checks when available and efforts to move cases through the court system faster. The tracker said the role is "basically just there to supervise them until their court is done" and that timely court…