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State prosecutors tell Senate Appropriations panel accountability‑court pilot cleared about 60% of backlog and seek BAA support
Summary
The Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs told the Senate Appropriations Committee that a Chittenden County accountability‑court pilot opened in October has cleared about 530 of roughly 890 dockets for people with five or more pending dockets; the department requested modest budget adjustments to cover overtime, transport and administrative support and warned filling vacancies could push the office into a deficit.
Sandy Anderson Warren, executive director of the Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs, told the Senate Appropriations Committee the department’s accountability‑court pilot in Chittenden County has produced rapid case movement and that the department will ask for modest budget adjustments to support the program.
"When we started in October, we had 890 open dockets" for the five‑or‑more category, Warren said. "As of yesterday, we had cleared 530 of the 890 cases," or about 60 percent, she added, crediting dedicated courtroom time and on‑site Agency of Human Services (AHS) supports for the pace.
Warren and other department witnesses described the pilot as a limited, interagency effort that relied on a courtroom made available via…
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