Domain Expansion Of Prosecutors

The domain of prosecutors has been extended to provide greater authority. An example of domain expansion of the prosecutors is improving police-prosecutors relationships. Truthfully, police officers and prosecutors are looked at as the bad guys in the eyes of the public. They are both to serve justice, even though they have different perspectives on the law. For example, the police officers consider a case to be closed when the suspect is arrest, but the prosecutor needs obtain more information and evidence to win the case in court. Prosecutors depend off of the police to obtain a conviction; this all depends on how the police officers investigate and the quality of their arrests. Although both police officers and prosecutors have sought strategies
to better their communication, they still “bump heads” a lot. As explained in chapter 6, a survey showed that more than half of big city prosecutors mainly believe that police preparation of crime reports is not sufficient. Prosecutors also believe that police officers fail at victims and witnesses names and addresses, detail of the crime committed and reports were not sent a timely manner. So far there has been positive feedback about a prosecutor in Indianapolis who created a computer messaging system so that attorneys can transmit notes, case dispositions and subpoenas directly to police officers. Another example of the expanding domain of the prosecutor is community prosecution. Community prosecution is the idea that prosecutors have a responsibility not only to prosecute cases but also to solve public safety problems, prevent crime and improve public confidence in the justice system.