County committee backs resolution supporting centralized arraignment plan for town and village courts
Montgomery County magistrates and a county committee discussed a proposal to centralize off-hour arraignments to reduce unpredictable demands on public defenders and sheriff's deputies; the committee voted to move a resolution supporting the plan to the full board.
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Judge Hedwell, representing the Montgomery County Magistrates Association, asked the county committee to support a resolution backing a plan to centralize off-hour arraignments for town and village courts and said the association had met with the county executive, the sheriff and other stakeholders to develop the approach.
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