By state law, 90% of criminal cases in a five-year period must be cleared or the county can face losing as much as $50 million in criminal justice grants from the state. The county's current disposition rate stands at 87%.
Dallas County could lose millions of grant dollars from the state because of a record backlog of cases that have not been cleared.
This all came out Tuesday as commissioners were set to vote on spending money to hire more people to supervise folks who are wearing ankle monitors. Many of the people in jail are waiting for their day in court. "I think that there was a time when a lot of the COVID restrictions were needed," he said. "I think that time is passed, and we need to get back to work."
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