Mayor: Treasure Valley Partnership helps prosecute around 30 cases annually
Mayor David Porterfield told council the Treasure Valley Partnership supports prosecutions of organized crime, gang and trafficking cases in cooperation with state and federal agencies, saying a one-year average of 30 cases prosecuted and won helps reduce out-of-state prosecution costs.
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Mayor David Porterfield briefed the council on the Treasure Valley Partnership's work assisting federal and state agencies with prosecutions, including gang activity, drug trafficking and human trafficking. Porterfield said the partnership works with local law enforcement and helps cover prosecution costs that otherwise fall to local jurisdictions; he stated that the "one year average of cases prosecuted and won is 30 cases."
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