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Lakewood prosecutor reports steady caseload, toxicology backlog and emphasis on retail-theft enforcement
Summary
City attorney and the city prosecutor told council hiring is challenging and the office relies on contractors; prosecutors prioritized retail theft enforcement, described diversion and treatment options and warned toxicology lab delays have slowed DUI charging in some cases.
City attorney Heidi Wachter and city prosecutor Ty Graham updated the council on prosecuting services operations and caseload priorities.
Wachter said the department has had difficulty filling a second associate city attorney position and has supplemented capacity with contracting. Graham described the offices screening: cases start with evaluation of police reports, prosecutors weigh probable cause and prosecutability and sometimes return reports for further investigation. He emphasized a…
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