The experience to be District Attorney
George prosecuted cases in Jefferson County for 11 years, from Speeding to First Degree Murder and everything in between. He successfully prosecuted the men who sold the Tec-DC9 handgun to Klebold and Harris; they were the only two felony cases that grew out of the Columbine massacre. George has handled many high-profile and difficult cases in his prosecution career. In the Army, he sought death penalty charges against a soldier who murdered a fellow soldier.
Demonstrated expertise in prosecution
To attract and keep the quality prosecutors needed to offset the loss of more than 50% of the office’s prosecutors in the past 3 ½ years, George would place an emphasis on training and offer training as an incentive to attract and KEEP more talent and experience. Our police officers and sheriffs deputies frequently discover that each time they go to court, a new prosecutor is handling their case for the first time, due to the constant turn over and loss of attorneys in the office.
George has been a national trainer and lecturer for prosecution organizations for:
- U.S. Army Trial Counsel (Prosecutor) Assistance Program
- U.S. Naval Justice School
- National District Attorneys Association
- National College of District Attorneys
- State prosecution organizations across the U.S., including:
- Colorado
- Texas
- South Carolina
- Utah
- Oklahoma
- Delaware
George also serves as an adjunct professor teaching courses in trial advocacy and litigation technology at:
- University of Colorado School of Law, and
- University of Denver College of Law
George continues to serve as a regular faculty member at:
- Jefferson County Sheriff’s Academy
- Red Rocks Law Enforcement Academy
Return competence and good judgment to the D.A. position
George wants to restore dignity and competence to the D.A.’s office. His priorities include:
- Restore integrity.
- Ensure fiscal responsibility.
- Repairing the fractured relationship between the D.A.’s office and the police officers and sheriff’s deputies who protect us from crime and investigate the criminals. The relationship between law enforcement and the D.A.’s office has never been worse than it is under the current D.A. Go ahead, ask a police officer what they think.
- Returning experience and competence to the D.A.’s office by creating an environment that retains and trains prosecutors who are good people with sound discretion. In the short time since the current D.A. has been in charge, more than ½ of the prosecutors in the office have left.
- Ensure true fiscal responsibility. The current D.A. spent over $60,000 of taxpayer money to fight the allegations that she acted unethically when she threatened a civil attorney with a grand jury investigation if he did not stop pursuing a civil case against a fellow-Republican politician. The D.A. spent that money and lost her case.
- Restore integrity and dignity to the D.A.’s office. The current D.A. is the first elected prosecutor in Colorado in a generation to be publicly censured by the Supreme Court for “conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.”
- Refocus the D.A. office on prosecuting cases that affect our families, not on cases that advance a political agenda or Eliot Spitzer-style retribution.