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DA seeks more investigators and a discovery technician to handle evidence and caseload
Summary
The DA told commissioners the office is undersupplied on investigators (about one investigator per five prosecutors) and needs a discovery technician to handle growing volumes of digital evidence, including body-worn camera video.
George Brockler told commissioners the 23rd Judicial District is short on investigators relative to prosecutors, and that the office currently has approximately one investigator for every five prosecutors. "We have, 1 investigator I'm sorry, 1 investigator for every 5 prosecutors," Brockler said, noting that investigators are called on heavily for county-court work and overflow from felony dockets.
Brockler also asked for a discovery technician to manage burgeoning digital evidence and to reduce the risk of discovery violations under the court's 21-day rule. He told the board the office reviewed roughly 45,000 hours of video last year and needs both tools and staff to process that material: "It was 45000 hours of video. That works out to about 182 hours per day of video watching. There's no way we can do that." Garrick Storgaard and Jeff Ulrich added the office is exploring AI tools to assist with review but emphasized the need for human oversight to avoid errors and discovery sanctions.
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