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Adams County Sheriff Victim Advocate Program
The Victim Advocate Program is a volunteer based program serving unincorporated Adams County. It is designed to provide crisis intervention to victims of crime. Crime victims and witnesses often suffer emotional trauma, fear, confusion, and financial loss. Victim Advocates are available 24 hours a Day 7 days a week to respond within one hour to the designated location.
If you have a question about a person in custody, please call the Adams County Inmate Information Line 303-655-3495 or contact the Adams County Sheriff's Office and/or Victims Advocates, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM
To assure all victim/witnesses of crime are honored and protected in a manner no less vigorous than the protection afforded criminal defendants..
Crime Victim Rights
If you are a victim of any one of the crimes listed here, Your right to be informed and to participate in all critical stages of the criminal justice process related to that crime is guaranteed by the Colorado Constitution. The Constitution of the State of Colorado and the laws of this state guarantee rights to the victims of the following crimes: read more
If the victim is deceased or incapacitated, these rights are guaranteed to the victim's spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, significant other, or other lawful representative. the Constitution or the State of Colorado and the lese of the state C.R.S. 24-4.1-302(1) guarantee certain rights to the victims of the following acts: read more
Helpful links 
Governor's Victims' Coordinating Committee
If all local efforts to obtain your rights have failed, you may request assistance form the Governor's Victims' Coordinating Committee by contacting the division of Criminal Justice Office for Victims' Programs at:
700 Kipling Street, Suite 1000
Denver, Colorado 80215
Phone 303-239-4442
Fax 303-239-4491
1-888-282-1080