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ORDER OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE
Live Streaming Coverage of Proceedings and Virtual Proceedings Policy
This Order is created subsequent to House Bill 23-1182, Chief Justice Directive
23-02 LIVE STREAMING COVERAGE OF CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS
IN THE TRIAL COURTS, and Chief Justice Directive 23-03 VIRTUAL
PROCEEDINGS POLICY.
The Town of Estes Park Municipal Court does not have sufficient staff to monitor
a constant live stream coverage of its proceedings while simultaneously affording
the protections against broadcast of confidential communications, nor the
technological capacity and staffing to hold hearings pursuant to the presumptive
hearing types set forth in Section IV of Chief Justice Directive 23-03 and would find
these obligations to be an operational and financial hardship.
In an effort to continue to promote public access and transparency, any individual
requesting to observe a criminal proceeding remotely or appear virtually may
complete a Request to Observe Criminal Proceeding Remotely or Appear Virtually
form for the judicial officer to consider pursuant to the factors outlined in Chief
Justice Directives 23-02(IV)(B) and 23-03(IV).
Effective date: September 1, 2023
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David J. Thrower
Presiding Municipal Judge