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La Center hearing on 'community court' that would divert low-level cases to services
Summary
Prosecutor Jill Parni outlined a voluntary community-court pilot that would offer service connections (substance-abuse assessment, DOL support, nonprofit navigators) and dismiss covered charges if participants comply. Council agreed to draft a support letter and asked staff to track outcomes and costs.
La Center city and court staff presented a proposal on Dec. 11 to create a voluntary "community court" docket aimed at reducing repeat low-level contacts with the criminal-justice system by connecting defendants to services.
Municipal prosecutor Jill Parni described the proposal as a separate Thursday-afternoon docket for low-level offenses (explicitly excluding domestic-violence, DUI and organized retail-theft cases). Parni said the program would not create a new judge…
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