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Mohave County attorney warns of staffing shortfalls, requests frozen positions restored
Summary
County Attorney presented caseload, trial and disclosure burdens and asked the Board to restore previously frozen positions, fund staff for body‑camera disclosure and expand an intern program to recruit prosecutors.
Mohave County Attorney Smith told the Board of Supervisors on April 7 that the county attorney’s office is handling sharply higher felony and misdemeanor caseloads while operating with fewer prosecutors and support staff than peer counties, and asked the board to restore frozen positions and fund disclosure staff and an additional attorney.
Smith said the office reviewed more than 3,000 felony cases in 2024, including more than 1,000 felony drug matters, and ran as many as 103 felony jury trials in 2023. He said current staffing totals roughly 19 prosecutors, including two part‑time prosecutors, and that Mohave County is prosecuting hundreds more felony filings than comparable counties with substantially larger prosecution staffs.
The county attorney highlighted a multi‑part workload pressure.The…
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