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Commonwealth's attorney tells supervisors office needs dozens more staff to meet caseloads
Summary
Elected Commonwealth's Attorney Amy Ashworth briefed the board on staffing added since 2024, the office's use of a statewide time study to justify more positions and continuing shortfalls in attorneys, paralegals and administrative staff; she emphasized discovery backlog and juvenile-court staffing as urgent operational problems.
Amy Ashworth, the elected Commonwealth's Attorney for Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, briefed the Board of Supervisors on April 15 about the office's recent hires, casework, and continuing staffing shortfalls following a statewide time study.
Ashworth told the board the office added 12 full-time employees in the past year (including five attorneys and several administrative staff) and has used that new staff to expand specialized units such as the Special Victims Unit and Special Investigations Unit. She described several recent high-profile prosecution outcomes, including murder convictions tied to gang activity and convictions in child and sexual-assault cases.
Ashworth said a time study conducted through the National Center…
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