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Prosecutors ask appropriators to raise statutory investigator pay to improve recruitment and retention
Summary
The Mississippi Prosecutors Association told the committee the statewide prosecutors' priority for FY2026 is raises for statutory investigators across the 23 district offices; the association said the overall appropriation request is down but investigators need better pay to retain staff.
Caitlin McCoo, president of the Mississippi Prosecutors Association, told the Appropriations Committee the association's primary FY2026 priority is a pay increase for statutory investigators employed across the state’s 23 prosecuting districts.
The association said most district budgets are dominated by salary and fringe expenses for statutory employees—district attorneys, assistant district attorneys and investigators—and that roughly 93% to…
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