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Prosecutor proposes using forfeiture/pretrial diversion funds to supplement deputy pay as public defender warns supplemental account is unsustainable
Summary
Prosecutor Diana Merce asked council to consider supplementing deputy prosecutor pay with pretrial diversion and forfeiture funds to retain courtroom deputies; the public defender warned that the supplemental fund for indigent defense has been drawn down and is not a sustainable long‑term solution.
Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Diana Merce asked council members to consider a targeted use of forfeiture and pretrial diversion funds to help retain and recruit deputy prosecutors who handle heavy trial workloads.
Merce said the office is continuing a multi‑year push to make salaries competitive with other counties to reduce attrition and described plans to convert two investigator positions (previously funded through a JAG grant) to payroll items. She suggested a…
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