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Prosecutor asks county to reallocate vacant salary to hire victim advocate; commission approves
Summary
Prosecuting Attorney Joe Kendra told commissioners his office is short staffed and recommended reallocating roughly two-thirds of one vacant assistant-prosecutor salary to hire an additional victim advocate now; the commission approved the budget-neutral plan.
Prosecuting Attorney Joe Kendra asked the Berkeley County Commission on Jan. 23 to approve a budget-neutral reallocation that would fund a second victim advocate in his office by using about two-thirds of the salary of a currently vacant assistant-prosecutor position.
Kendra told commissioners his office charged 785 felony and 9,604 misdemeanor cases…
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