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MCAO
FY23 Budget Presentation
Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office
•County Attorney Allister Adel 
•Chief Deputy Ken Vick
•Chief of Staff Candice Copple

Office Priorities
•Keeping families and the community safe from 
crime
•Providing exceptional legal services to you and 
the other County elected officials
•Keeping our employees safe from Covid-19

MCAO FY23 Budget Request
•General Fund Baseline is $107,074,778
•No additional requests are being made for FY23
•Continue to focus on operational efficiencies

FY23 Emerging Needs
Body Worn Cameras 
• Hardware for MCAO detectives
• Increased cloud storage
• Increased staff for redactions
Final Disposition Reports (FDRs)
• Increased staff needed to process backlog

MCAO Hiring Challenges
165 Vacant positions
• 15% of our Prosecutors
• 14% of our Paralegals
• 15% of our Legal Support Staff
Decline in applications
• Attorney applications declining since 2019
• Legal support applications declining since 2018

Increased Homicides
•30% increase in submittals 
since March 2020 
•Resource intensive cases
Domestic violence cases are 
also up by about 30%

Capital Litigation Trend Decreasing 
Calendar Year
1st Degree Murder 
Cases (All Reviewed)
*NOIs Filed
% filed
2014
83
12
14%
2015
72
13
18%
2016
87
11
13%
2017
110
10
9%
2018
115
12
10%
Pre- 10/1/2019
85
3
4%
Post- 10/1/2019
24
0
0%
2020
105
5
5%
2021
136
8
6%
*NOI = Notice of Intent to file Death Penalty
Allister took office
38 total cases on hand

Diversion Programs
•3,087 total new enrollments in FY21
•On track for 4,400 new enrollments in FY22
•ASU Formal Recidivism Study
•New Veterans Diversion Program

Other Budget Considerations
•Asset Forfeiture Legislation Passed
•Declining CJEF Revenue

MCAO
FY23 Budget Presentation
Any Questions?