MONTICELLO – Ever since the state enacted criminal justice reforms effective January 1, 2020, police departments that make arrests must present all documents pertaining to the case to the district attorney within days.
That is putting a financial strain on those departments and the county district attorney’s offices that must prepare the information quickly, and that requires manpower and the costs involved.
The Sullivan County DA’s Office is slated to receive just under $380,000 to cover its costs from April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026, said County Legislator Luis Alvarez, a refired deputy sheriff and chairman of the Public Safety and Law Enforcement Committee.
“Everything has to be put there; you’ve got hours to get that in there and process it, and then he has to have a clerk that is going to be handling that and he has to have his investigators going to be investigating that and putting all the paperwork together,” Alvarez said.
Once all of the case information has been assembled, it is them turned over to the attorney for the accused party.
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