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Prosecutor reports steep rise in warrant reviews, cites faster processing and new case load
Summary
Miss Gursney, a representative of the prosecutor's office, told the Jackson County Public Safety and Transportation Committee that the office has reviewed nearly 1,000 more warrants so far in 2025 than in all of 2024.
Miss Gursney, a representative of the prosecutor's office, told the Jackson County Public Safety and Transportation Committee that the office has reviewed nearly 1,000 more warrants so far in 2025 than in all of 2024. "We're almost a thousand more warrant reviews than we were in all of 2024," she said, adding that part of the increase reflects work to clear a backlog carried into her tenure in January.
Why it matters: A higher volume of warrant reviews affects prosecutors, law enforcement and victims' services. Faster reviews can shorten investigative timelines for police and reduce delay for people affected by warrant requests; higher volumes can also increase workload on the victim-advocate side of the office.
Gursney said the office used to take "probably close to 2 to 3 weeks" to return a warrant review but now is "mostly doing it within a week." She attributed some changes to recent trainings for law enforcement and improved communications that help officers present stronger cases. She also said the number of warrants denied has dropped even as requests have risen.
The prosecutor's presentation identified two jury trials beginning the same week, including an abuse-and-neglect matter involving a CPS worker and a capital CSC trial; "we're actually gonna have 2 different juries in this week," she said. The office also reported the victim-rights unit has sent roughly 500 more notice letters so far this year than in prior years, increasing that unit's workload.
Gursney briefed the committee on CARPEL, the office's new case-management/records system. She said the system is largely working for attorneys but that the victim-rights portion has required more troubleshooting. The new interface is intended to eliminate duplicate entry between law-enforcement and prosecutor systems; the office has been testing the integration with city and county partners and Blackman over the past six weeks.
The committee received the report without further action.
