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OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
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Nineteenth Judicial District WILLIAM L. CROSIER
ROBERT N. MILLER P.O. Box 1167 Telephone (303)353-6415 LARRY A. LITTLEFIELD
District Attorney Greeley, Colorado 80631 DANIEL S. MAUS
ROBERT E. RAY
April 6 , 1972
Weld County Commissioners
Weld County Courthouse
Greeley , Colorado 80631
Dear Commissioners :
The following are my recommendations regarding the District
Attorney ' s Office based upon the study by NHPQ o£ Weld County
Governmental Services . On page 76 of that report , a concept
drawing relating to my office is contained thereon. I notice
that the idea provides for three two-man offices . I am totally
against two-man offices in the District Attorney ' s Office
because it is impractical and inconvenient for two men to share
one office due to the nature of the work which our office does .
Most of our conferences with people are confidential and some
of them are very unpleasant and personal and I do not believe
that two attorneys should share those experiences with a client
and I do not think two clients ought to share each others '
experience while in the same office . Therefore , I would
unequivocably be against two-man offices in a new District
Attorney' s Office . The offices should be for one lawyer
individually .
I also notice that space is provided for six deputies and one
investigator. As you know, last year our office handled over
2500 cases and that there is a very good possibility that we will
be needing an additional deputy this coming year. That would
make a total of five deputies before construction begins .
Simply providing for six deputies does not appear to contemplate
the future needs to the extent necessary .
I further notice that the chart for future employees indicates
ten employees in ten years and I do not believe it is realistic
to now only plan on six deputies , three secretaries , and one
investigator. My recommendation would be to plan on at least
eight deputies , not that we will need that many within the next
five to ten years , in addition to three secretaries and two
investigators for a total of thirteen employees .
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Weld County Commissioners
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April 6 , 1972
Additionally , as you know, we have one full-time investigator
and one part-time investigator presently , with a hope that the
part-time investigator will become a full-time investigator.
Therefore , planning on only one investigators ' office is
unrealistic even now and will become more so in the future .
I therefore would suggest that minimally , provisions be made
for two investigators in the District Attorney ' s Office .
Furthermore , the prospective square footage of the new District
Attorney' s Office is projected at 3 ,000 square feet . The office
space that we presently occupy is approximately 2700 square
feet (I draw your attention to page 57 of the report) and the
projected need in ten years is 4800 square feet . Therefore ,
if we are going to adequately plan for the future , it seems
most near sighted to plan only 300 more square feet than we
presently have . Certainly we will need at least 3500 to 4 ,000
square feet if we are to employ the recommendations set out
above for additional deputies and investigators .
Other than these recommendations , I believe that the plan is a
good one and that something should be done very soon in order to
remedy a good number of the problems presently existing.
If you wish any further explanation o£ these recommendations ,
please feel free to call on me .
Sincerely yours ,
R e r ('
—
t N. Miller
District Attorney
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