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victim to know the procedural steps being taken and how
they may be heard during our prosecution of the case.
Community Outreach
In honor of Veterans Day, our office hosted a
specialized expungement clinic for the men and women
who selflessly served this country. More than 200
citizens completed the fingerprinting, application, and
notarization of the sealing and expunction process.
Hillsborough County is the only judicial circuit in
Florida that has offered these services at no cost. With
support from our community partners, we have
provided critical services valued at $700,000 to help our
fellow citizens move beyond past mistakes.
We launched the SAO Business Academy, a first-of-
its-kind program in this county to engage community
business leaders with our Office’s work — specifically,
to develop an awareness of the challenges facing our
criminal justice system.
JAN - FEB 2020
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Transparency
We reached a critical milestone in the
FIU/MacArthur research project with the completion
of the second in a series of reports entitled, “Race,
Ethnicity, and Prosecution in Hillsborough County.”
We presented this report during an insightful
community conversation with key stakeholders and the
media. The next and final stage of this project is the
development of Prosecutorial Performance Indicators
(PPIs) that will allow our team to redefine success and
track the performance of this office beyond conviction
and crime rates.
Every milestone achieved reflects the hard work of
our nearly 300 dedicated public servants and
collaboration from our incredible criminal justice
partners in Hillsborough County. We are working
tirelessly to advance our core mission of public safety
by holding offenders accountable, protecting victims,
ensuring transparency, and responsibly using taxpayer
dollars. Thank you for your continued support of our
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