Lewis said he wants to make resources available for varying levels of needs, everything from pretrial diversion to restarting Community Court to creating a therapeutic drug court.
Likely outcomes of the legislation include increased court costs and hundreds of new criminal cases and treatment requests gumming up a system already groaning under a hefty caseload.
City Attorney Ann Davison said the decision to end participation in community court was based on data that shows pre-filing diversion is more effective
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