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County struggles to fill public defender positions after state mandate; alternate office stays flat
Summary
County public defender offices are carrying positions required by a Department of Indigent Defense standard (DIDS); commissioners heard that recruiting remains difficult and the alternate public defender office requested level funding.
County public defender leadership and commissioners discussed state-mandated increases in public-defense staffing and continuing difficulty filling positions.
Wright, department head for the alternate public defender’s office, told the board his office requested a level budget with no extraordinary asks. Jacob Summer, the county public defender (appearing by phone), said the office’s…
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