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County Attorney highlights expungements, diversion programs, human‑trafficking task force and cold‑case work
Summary
County Attorney Ammon Barker asked the board to prioritize a mix of prosecution, diversion and community‑protection investments, describing proactive marijuana expungements, an expanding diversion track, a new anti‑trafficking task force and a cold‑case unit.
County Attorney Ammon Barker presented programmatic priorities and budget requests focused on prosecution, diversion and community protection while urging the board to weigh which operational expansions the office should prioritize in the FY26 budget.
Barker described several ongoing initiatives:
- Marijuana expungement program: The office is proactively filing petitions under the voter‑approved marijuana legalization law to clear eligible records. Barker said the office has already had more than 50 petitions granted and offers a fillable form on the county website to initiate the process at no cost to petitioners.
- Pathways diversi…
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