|Big Radio News|
The Rock County District Attorney’s Office is looking to prevent crime, as well as prosecute it.
Jason Sanders says a small surcharge on criminal convictions could generate $15,000 to $20,000 annually which would be used to fund small grants for not only crime prevention but things that build a crime-free community like early child hood education, and spaces for youth.
The Board who would decide how the funds are distributed would be made up of the presiding Circuit Court Judge, the District Attorney, the County Sheriff, the County Administrator, and several others.
A resolution Sanders drafted that would establish a crime prevention fund will go before the County Board’s Public Safety and Justice Committee next week.
