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State’s Attorney says caseload and digital evidence growth justify new staff; commissioners set $250,000 planning allocation
Summary
State’s Attorney Richard Fritz presented staffing and evidence-processing requests citing heavier caseloads, more electronic evidence and backlog. Commissioners accepted the county administrator recommendation and recorded a $250,000 planning allocation while reclassifications are finalized.
State’s Attorney Richard Fritz told commissioners March 8 that the office’s caseload and the volume of digital evidence have grown substantially and that the office needs additional operational support to process evidence, pursue asset forfeiture and manage grants.
“This is my 20th year at the state attorney’s office. ... the two biggest to me are the intersection of criminal events and the enormous amount of evidence that is prepared and collected and presented at trial,” Fritz said, describing increases in video, jail calls and other…
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