National Best Practices Committee (NBP)

Kevin Steele and Angela Bell of the Montgomery District Attorney’s Office, discuss a Youth Aid Panel.

Anna Rossi Anderson of the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, discussed having a day care center in the prosecutor’s office.

Ryan Mears of the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office discussed the office’s Youth Programming Committee and Cyber Safety.

In this paper, the NBP explores the use of Community Advisory Boards for building stronger community partnerships and improving prosecutors’ role in the criminal justice process.  Offices interested in creating a Board will find information about how to create a Board, conduct its work, and evaluate the results. 

PCE, PCE’s National Best Practices Committee, and the Salt Lake County DA’s Office hosted the 4th National Prosecution Best Practices Conference in Salt Lake City on October 7th and 8th, 2024. Prosecutors from across the country attended the two-day conference to learn from subject matter experts and participate in breakout room discussions. For more information, visit the conference website.

Beyond their traditional role in the criminal justice process, many prosecutor offices provide outreach programs to raise awareness in the community about public safety issues and resources, to create stronger community partnerships, and to improve the lives of the people they serve. This paper features prosecutor initiatives that go the extra step to support local youth in various ways, most of which are not associated with a criminal case.

On April 4 -5 PCE’s National Best Practices Committee held an in-person meeting on “The Future of Prosecution Data”.  The meeting was sponsored by the Karpel Foundation.

Booklet and materials.

Author: PCE’s National Best Practices Committee (NBP)

This paper continues the discussion from our previous paper, “Prosecutorial Work Not Included in Caseload Counts”. It dives into looking at additional methods for analyzing caseloads and workloads as well as how it can be used for management and how to seek finanical support.

Author: PCE’s National Best Practices Committee (NBP)

This paper lists tasks that need to be completed by prosecutors that are not reflected in caseload counts but are nevertheless essential to a modern prosecutor office.

Author: PCE’s National Best Practices Committee (NBP)

This paper discusses the importance of understanding prosecutor caseloads and workloads, and the challenges researchers have faced in studying this issue.