District Attorney Dashboard
Introducing Our Dashboard
Welcome to the La Crosse County DA’s Office’s Data Dashboards. One of the core values of the DA’s Office is transparency. These data dashboards seek to make information about the work we do - and how that work relates to the broader criminal justice system - more transparent and understandable for all.
I hope that my Office and all our partners in the criminal justice system can use these numbers to show what is working and to dedicate ourselves to what needs to be improved to make La Crosse County as safe and fair as it can be.
Key Dashboard Takeaways
Where We Are Doing Well
For both misdemeanors and felonies, we obtain a conviction in approximately 80% of cases. Given all the reasons a case can be dismissed, this represents the fact we are charging the appropriate cases and not charging cases that don’t need to be pursued.Explore Case Filing →Where We Can Improve
A clear area for improvement for the criminal justice system is the length of time that it takes to complete a criminal case in our County. Since the pandemic, that length of time has increased for both felonies and misdemeanors. While we saw a slight improvement in 2023, these numbers remain high, and we are looking for ways to address time to disposition.Explore Time to Disposition →What Is Next
There is a high number of bail jumping charges filed. Bailjumping can be from not appearing to court, having contact with a victim, or committing a new crime. The high number of charges may indicate people are being released that shouldn’t be, or the monitoring while released could be better.
This dashboard was created through the collaboration of the La Crosse County District Attorney's Office, Loyola University Chicago's Center for Criminal Justice, Mindful Metrics, and the Prosecutorial Performance Indicators. The goal of the dashboard is to ensure that the general public has access to data about the review and prosecution of criminal cases in La Crosse County. This project has been supported by Microsoft and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
