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Law Enforcement Committee votes to pursue annual reappointments for judicial commissioners
Summary
The Coffee County Law Enforcement Committee voted to draft a resolution establishing annual September—August reappointments for judicial commissioners after CTAS guidance that judicial commissioners cannot hold supervisory judicial authority over each other.
The Coffee County Law Enforcement Committee voted April 22 to direct staff to draft a resolution making judicial-commissioner appointments annual, beginning Sept. 1 and running through Aug. 31. The motion, made during a long discussion of job descriptions and oversight, passed by voice vote with no objections.
Committee members said they reviewed advice from the County Technical Assistance Service (CTAS) and its attorney that a judicial commissioner cannot legally exercise supervisory judicial authority over other judicial commissioners.…
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