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Conyers Council moves court services out from police oversight, creates Department of Court Services
Summary
By unanimous votes the council adopted three ordinances (14-23, 14-24 and 14-25) to create a separate Department of Court Services, remove probation and court responsibilities from the police chief, and transfer oath-administration for probation officers to municipal court judges; the changes are to take effect July 1.
The Conyers City Council unanimously adopted three ordinances to reorganize court services and probation administration, moving the function out from under the police department and establishing a separate Department of Court Services.
City staff (Carey) presented the package and asked the council to waive second readings. The first…
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