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Prince George’s County HHSVS committee reviews State’s Attorney’s $30.8M FY26 proposal, highlights staffing and digital evidence costs
Summary
State’s Attorney Aisha N. Braveboy told the council committee the FY26 proposed budget is about $30.8 million and prioritized fully funding a newly adopted salary schedule, hiring support staff and paying for growing digital evidence storage tied to NICE Justice software.
Prince George’s County officials on Monday reviewed the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for the Office of the State’s Attorney, which county staff described as approximately $30,800,000.
The proposed budget preserves a recently adopted salary schedule for assistant state’s attorneys and requests additional operating funds to hire and retain legal assistants, victim‑witness coordinators and administrative staff, State’s Attorney Aisha N. Braveboy told the Health, Human Services, and Public Safety (HHSVS) committee.
Braveboy said the new salary schedule — approved earlier this year — is “historic” for the county because it lets the office be more competitive with neighboring jurisdictions and federal positions. “It allows us to be more competitive, allows us to attract and retain, and also, as I like to say, reclaim those who were once in our office who now are in a position to wanna come back,” Braveboy said.
The office asked the committee to fully fund the salary schedule and requested more support staff to ease the workload on prosecutors. Principal Deputy Jason Abbott told the committee assistant state…
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