ER - Gallegos says program is safe

Gallegos says program is safe
5/15/2005

Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos announced in a news release Friday that his office was not proposing to eliminate the Victim Witness Program.

“After years of reductions, we are pleased to hear of both Supervisor Geist’s and Neely’s commitment to funding services necessary for our office to meet its goal of improving the safety and security of the people in our community,” the news release stated.

“We have been, are and always will be 100 percent committed to the Victim Witness Program and the services it provides to the citizens of Humboldt County,” it said.

According to the news release, the program is at risk of losing the grant that pays for it, but the loss would not eliminate all of the services.

It stated that if the positions paid for by the grant were eliminated, the District Attorney Office’s staff would work harder to serve the needs of domestic violence victims.

The matter will be discussed Tuesday at the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors meeting, where the board will decide whether to take any action to “disallocate” the four victims witness program positions.

Copyright (C) 2005, The Eureka Reporter. All rights reserved.

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