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Prosecutor Kim Worthy outlines 'Survivors First' diversion pilot and details domestic violence caseload
Summary
Wayne County Prosecutor Kim Worthy told the committee the domestic-violence unit handles roughly 9,500 intimate-partner warrant requests annually, described reduction of a warrant backlog, and introduced a prosecutor-led 'Survivors First' pilot to divert eligible survivors charged with low-level offenses into trauma-informed services.
Prosecutor Kim Worthy and members of her Special Victims Unit told the Wayne County Committee on Public Safety, Judiciary and Homeland Security that the county’s domestic-violence workload is among the largest they handle and outlined a new prosecutor-led diversion pilot called Survivors First.
Worthy said the domestic violence unit reviews approximately 9,523 intimate-partner warrant requests annually — roughly 26 per day — and that the office has 12 assistant prosecutors assigned to the unit. She said a federally funded backlog project launched in 2025 reduced the not-in-custody warrant queue from about 1,950 to roughly 365. "Each one of those numbers is a survivor," Worthy said, emphasizing the unit’s safety focus.
Worthy described several community-focused programs the office either runs…
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