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Denver DA details split of family-violence work, highlights firearm-relief investigations
Summary
Denver District Attorney's Office told the City Council's Safety, Housing, Education, and Homelessness Committee that it has split its Family Violence Unit into specialized child-victim and domestic-violence teams, is managing about 600 active cases across 11 attorneys, and reported nearly 200 investigations and 165 firearms relinquished in the past year under recent statutes.
Chris Curtis, chief of the child-victim unit at the Denver District Attorney's Office, told the City Council's Safety, Housing, Education, and Homelessness Committee on June 4 that the office has restructured its Family Violence Unit to create dedicated teams focused on child abuse and on domestic violence.
"We titled this presentation standing with survivors," Curtis said, framing the change as part of a victim-centered approach. He said the office's team includes investigators, investigator-technicians, legal administrative staff and victim advocates who work in courtrooms and with partner agencies to support victims and build cases.
Danny Worley, the DA's child-abuse specialist, described Denver's pre-filing process and the role of embedded specialists who work with detectives,…
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