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Prince George's County retailers urge dedicated commercial-crimes prosecutor to bolster prosecutions and protect shopping centers
Summary
DLC Management and private security firms told the County Council committee that repeated retail crime and violent incidents have driven closures at county shopping centers and urged creation of a dedicated commercial-crimes prosecutor (public‑private funded) to coordinate witnesses and improve prosecution rates.
DLC Management and a private security contractor urged the Prince George's County Council Health & Human Services/Public Safety Committee to support a dedicated commercial‑crimes prosecutor to ensure consistent prosecutions of theft, assaults and repeat disruptive behavior in retail centers. Presenters said law enforcement responses and private security investments have not stopped repeated offenders from returning and that better prosecutorial coordination is needed to produce convictions and deter further crime.
Michael Stroud, a partner at the Ice Miller law firm representing DLC, framed the proposal as a public‑private partnership to "create a greater... law enforcement and…
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