Chief Justice Brian Boatright will be the Keynote speaker for this year's Conrad Ball Award.

Nominations are being accepted for the 46th Annual Conrad Ball Award to recognize an individual or team for their significant improvements to criminal justice in Larimer County.

The award is named after the late honorable 8th Judicial District Judge Conrad L. Ball, who made significant advancements in the criminal justice system. In his honor, each year nominations are accepted to recognize an individual for their significant contributions to the criminal justice system.

Larimer County Community Justice Alternatives was awarded $100,000 of grant funding through the Larimer County Behavioral Health Services (BHS) Impact Fund. The grant project started in April 2023 and will end in March 2024.

Kate Perrill has been selected as the 45th Judge Conrad L. Ball Award recipient.

Perrill has been the Victim Witness Division Manager for the Larimer County District Attorney’s Victim Witness Division, since 2017. 

She began work with the D.A. as a Victim Advocate and was promoted to manager of that unit in 2018, supervising between 12 to 13 employees in the last five years. Perrill began her career with Larimer County in 2010 with Larimer County Human Services.

Nominations for the 45th Annual Conrad Ball Award Recipient are now closed. Thank you to everyone who took time to nominate an individual.