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Reno County district attorney reports destruction of 2,483 obsolete court files; pretrial scoring tool stalled by court administration
Summary
The county DA said his office destroyed 2,483 court files under a new retention policy and that a proposed pretrial scoring rubric to reduce jail population cannot be implemented because the courts and state judicial administration are developing a statewide policy.
The Reno County district attorney told commissioners he has implemented a records retention policy and, after reviewing 28 boxes of archived material, destroyed 2,483 court files no longer required to be retained, reducing long‑term storage costs.
"Out of those 28 boxes, we kept the files that filled up only eight boxes. The other 20 boxes we were able to... destroy 2,483 court files," the DA reported on the record. He said the work will continue as his office has time while prosecuting multiple homicide…
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