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District attorney says underfunding threatens public‑safety capacity; seeks large personnel increase
Summary
District Attorney Hiller Moore and CPA John Daly told Metro Council the DA's office is chronically underfunded relative to peer parishes, attributed staffing losses to pay and urged consideration of millage or legislative fixes to restore capacity (DA estimated an $11 million personnel increase would substantially raise prosecutorial capacity).
District Attorney Hiller Moore opened the office’s budget segment by describing the DA as a constitutional office that, along with courts and public defenders, is central to public safety. He introduced John Daly, the office CPA, who presented charts showing East Baton Rouge’s DA office is significantly smaller in per-capita funding and personnel than peers (Jefferson and Orleans parishes) and said personnel costs are the largest share of the budget — typically 85–95%.
Daly explained the office’s revenue mix is primarily city‑parish funding, then state support and self‑generated revenues…
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