Diverse Perspectives Key to Jackson County Community Advisory Board (2021)

Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office (Kansas City, MO)

The Jackson County Prosecutor Community Advisory Board consists of nine people of varying levels of expertise, including a person who had been wrongfully convicted.

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The board also includes representatives who don’t necessarily view the role of the prosecutor favorably, a family member of victims to crime, and a representative for the LGBTQ+ community.

The board is presented with office data to guide discussion on policy. The process has resulted in a revised drug policy aimed at growing trust in the community.

Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney, Jean Peters Baker, discuss the Jackson County Prosecutor Community Advisory Board in the video above.