the goal is to look for ways to lower in carson nation, deal with those low level nuisances. so, we have created neighborhood boards. we have been talking to various communities, and this is basically a decriminalized way of handling the issue. we're working with other partners in the criminal justice system to work more effectively with more serious crime, with more backlog. we have a significant backlog. year-to-date, we have over 70 homicide cases that are over three years old. we have many -- many prosecutors aren't carrying a caseload of approximately 200 -- many prosecutors are carrying a caseload of approximately 200 cases. that is a challenge, to figure out how to bring a different way to work with the other partners. frankly, i am not a great believer in everything being an adversarial process. myself and the public defender are working in collaboration to improve our collaborative force. not only are we moving more cases into our neighborhood courts, but the other process is we will hold people accountable and restore the justice. but we are also moving other cases

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