nick mitchell

  • Denver’s new top law enforcement watchdog confirmed by City Council

    Denver’s new top law enforcement watchdog confirmed by City Council

    Denver City Council confirmed the new leader for the city’s Office of the Independent Monitor, filling a two-year vacancy. Former public defender Lisabeth Castle, later a defense lawyer with her own practice, was confirmed Tuesday.  The city’s law enforcement watchdog agency monitors investigations of Denver’s safety officers, makes recommendations about discipline and policy to the…


  • Lisabeth Castle chosen as Denver’s next independent monitor

    Lisabeth Castle chosen as Denver’s next independent monitor

    Denver’s Citizen Oversight Board chose local defense attorney Lisabeth Castle to head the Office of the Independent Monitor. The office serves as the watchdog body for Denver’s law enforcement agencies. It monitors investigations of Denver’s safety officers, makes recommendations about discipline and policy to the city’s manager of safety and monitors investigations of citizen complaints…


  • ? Mitchell follows grandpa’s path to oversight office

    Edward Mitchell came from a poor Irish Catholic family in New York in the 1940s and did not get a high school degree, so his career choices were limited. That meant becoming either a firefighter, entering the priesthood or becoming a police officer. He chose the later and was a role model for Nick Mitchell,…


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