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City attorney's PACE section reports rising municipal caseloads, domestic-violence surge and expanded victim services
Summary
The city attorney's PACE section told the Health and Safety Committee that municipal case filings rose to more than 14,300 last year and that domestic-violence filings climbed to roughly 2,529 in 2025; PACE described victim advocacy, diversion programs and nuisance-abatement tools.
Marley Bardoski, director of the prosecution section (PACE) in the Denver City Attorney's Office, briefed the City Council Health and Safety Committee on Jan. 21 about rising municipal caseloads, victim services and diversion efforts.
Bardoski told the committee that PACE handled "over 14,300 cases" last year and that filings have increased annually since 2022. On domestic violence, the office's victim-advocacy manager, Linda Laughlin Pettit, said the office handled 2,529 domestic-violence cases in 2025, a year-over-year increase that the office characterized as a 19% rise from 2024.
PACE described a courtroom and service structure that includes four trial courtrooms, two arraignment…
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