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Eleventh Judicial District DA reports staffing hires, discovery fixes and budget stability
Summary
District Attorney Jeff Lindsey told Fremont County commissioners the Eleventh Judicial District has hired investigators and managers, improved discovery processes and is operating in the black after a January 2025 pay adjustment. He outlined steps to reduce turnover, speed evidence processing and target repeat offenders.
Jeff Lindsey, district attorney for Colorado’s Eleventh Judicial District, gave a midyear update to the Fremont County Board of County Commissioners on July 8, 2025, saying his office has strengthened staffing, improved discovery handling and is operating with a positive budget balance since January 2025.
Lindsey said the office hired a chief investigator, Paul Martinez, and a senior investigator, Ron Gravatt Jr., and brought on Kayla Trujillo as office manager. He credited those hires and raises enacted earlier this year for improving morale and reducing prior operational lapses. “We gave raises across the board,” Lindsey said, adding staff “were close to poverty level wages” before the changes.
The DA said the office has focused on speeding discovery — the exchange of evidence with defense counsel — by replacing outdated computers used by discovery staff, creating a dedicated intake position, and reworking internal procedures. He said those steps reduced discovery violations that previously led to dismissals or other sanctions and that the office now maintains a lawyer-on-call system for law enforcement 24/7.
Lindsey described other operational changes: stabilizing attorney assignments so prosecutors cover the same courts for months at a time, creating senior deputy positions for Chaffee and Park counties, and assigning an attorney to handle appellate matters. He said the office continues to target repeat offenders and to improve interagency coordination with local police departments and the state patrol.
Commissioners and members of county staff praised the changes. Commissioner comments noted the district attorney’s improved relationships with sheriffs and police chiefs across the district and thanked Lindsey for the changes. Lindsey said he is preparing the office’s 2025–26 budget, evaluating workload distribution among counties in the district, and intends to continue recruiting experienced prosecutors rather than relying on newly minted attorneys.
The report included several operational details relevant to residents: the office is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; discovery-handling staff received new computers to speed evidence downloads; and the DA’s office maintains a front-desk receptionist in Fremont to answer calls. Lindsey also noted continuing constraints imposed by statewide bond and pretrial changes that affect case flow.
The update was informational; no formal action was taken during the meeting.
