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County official credits state attorney’s office changes with reducing jail days, speeding case resolutions
Summary
A Bay County official told the board that recent initiatives by the state attorney’s office — including hiring a county chief assistant, early case resolution at first appearance, delayed arraignments for certain charges and administrative dismissals of old warrants — have reduced jail days and court processing time.
A speaker representing the county’s public-safety coordinating council told the Bay County Board of County Commissioners that new practices in the state attorney’s office have produced substantial reductions in jail days and court-processing burdens.
The presentation said State Attorney Larry Bassford hired Ben Bollinger as county chief assistant state attorney to focus on case resolution. The county’s report cited work by…
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