photo by: Meeting screenshot/CJCC
New Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez speaks to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.
Douglas County’s new law enforcement leaders shared their to-do list with other local criminal justice officials on Tuesday, and they’re envisioning new diversion programs for defendants, making better use of space in the county jail and a variety of other criminal justice reforms.
District Attorney Suzanne Valdez and Sheriff Jay Armbrister were both sworn in on Monday after being elected in November. Both had already been in talks with the staff of the offices they were going to lead before they were sworn in, and on Tuesday they shared with the county’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council the first projects that they would be working on.