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Commissioners approve DA request to use unused salaries to extend high‑risk intake backlog program
Summary
The court authorized the district attorney to use $296,000 in unspent salary funds to continue a high‑risk intake overtime program that prosecutors say reduced a previously reported backlog from 6,330 to 4,817 cases; commissioners voted to allow the budget‑neutral extension.
Bexar County Commissioners Court on Aug. 5 approved a budget‑neutral request from the County Criminal District Attorney’s Office to use $296,000 of unspent salary funds to continue a high‑risk intake backlog reduction program.
The DA’s office reported the overtime program — which uses existing budget authority to pay prosecutors overtime rather than hiring new staff — has reduced case backlogs in intake since it began in late 2023. Using the office’s updated backlog metric (measuring backlog…
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