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State’s attorney seeks evidence-analyst position and funding for prosecutorial tools; commissioners approve several line items
Summary
The St. Mary's County state’s attorney’s office requested a new evidence-analyst position and funding for prosecutorial software and subscriptions; commissioners asked for cost clarifications and agreed to include specific items pending that documentation.
The St. Mary’s County state’s attorney’s office asked commissioners on March 9 to include a new evidence-analyst position and recurring technology and reference funding in the FY22 operating budget and received tentative approval for several line items pending documentation.
Daniel White, speaking for the office, told commissioners the prosecutor’s office has seen “an enormous amount of electronic evidence” in recent years—body-camera footage, lengthy phone downloads, jail calls and hundreds of videos from private businesses and vendors—and said a dedicated evidence analyst would collect, organize…
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