District Attorney Data Dashboard - Boulder County

About the Program

Category: Criminal Justice and Public Safety (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Boulder County District Attorney’s Office recently completed two groundbreaking steps in its continued commitment to improving the justice system, public safety, and community trust. First, in September 2022, the DA’s Office released a publicly available “data dashboard” to enhance accessibility of information from the DA’s Office and to develop metrics for analysis to better understand the data internally. Second, on February 15, 2023, the office released an in-depth disparity analysis capturing disparities and disproportionality, or lack thereof, of prosecutorial decisions of the Boulder County DA’s Office and the local justice system. This work was done as part of an engagement with Prosecutor Performance Indicators (PPI) and the Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab at the University of Denver, along with seven (7) other Colorado District Attorney Offices. This work is leading Colorado to be on track to become the first state with statewide prosecution data available to the public. This effort is part of the office’s continued commitment to build a more effective, transparent, and equitable justice system.