Technology pushes instant warrant and courtroom manuals updates to assistant prosecutors

About the Program

Category: Criminal Justice and Public Safety (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office used technology in a new way in what may be a first for a Michigan prosecutor to push warrant manual updates to assistant prosecuting attorney laptops. Assistant prosecutors use a warrant manual and courtroom manual from the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, which provides updates several times throughout the year. The manuals are provided in various downloadable formats. It was cumbersome for approximately 70 assistant prosecutors and approximately 40 staff to download the updates for both manuals because updates were sporadically released at various times. Having a staff person download the latest manuals to a network drive was not practical because assistant prosecutors are frequently in court without county network access. The solution applies software updating technology to the warrant manual and courtroom manual updating process to provide assistant prosecutors with automated updates of both manuals, and makes them accessible whether or not assistant prosecutors have county network or Internet access, or neither.