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Clark County courts grapple with statewide network systems outage

November 15, 2024, 1:14pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Clark County courts have been grappling with the impacts of an outage of statewide courts systems that have led to delays in some case filings, among other issues. Read story

Wearing an ankle monitor after a DUI conviction is a ‘thousand times better than jail’

November 2, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

For Vancouver resident Trenton Berry, the punishment for a 2021 drunken driving crash means he can’t take his young daughter to the park. He can’t go see a movie whenever… Read story

Administrators with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office attend a Clark County Council work session Wednesday at the Public Service Center in Vancouver. They asked the council to add 40 new deputies to their ranks during a meeting with other local criminal justice officials.

Clark County manager says Vancouver’s Prop. 4 would take millions out of county’s budget

October 24, 2024, 12:21pm Clark County News

Local criminal justice officials sounded the alarm Tuesday at a Clark County Council work session over what the passage of Vancouver’s Proposition 4, which would add 80 new police officers, could mean for what they say is already a strained system. Read story

Clark County District Court Judge Kristen Parcher is the presiding judge in the court. District Court says it will no longer file probation violations amid a shortage of public defenders.

Clark County District Court cuts back on probation violation filings to deal with ‘unprecedented’ cases

September 25, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News

Clark County District Court officials say they are cutting back on filings of probation violations in order to address a shortage of available defense attorneys amid “unprecedented” misdemeanor and municipal case filings. Read story

Judge James Smith speaks to the crowd at the Clark County Courthouse in August 2021.

District Court Judge James Smith tops poll for Clark County’s next Superior Court position

July 29, 2024, 3:03pm Clark County News

Attorneys in Clark County have selected who they prefer to become the county’s newest Superior Court judge; their pick is currently a judge in District Court. Read story

Vancouver police Officer Cole Larson talks with a motorist before confiscating a device used to smoke fentanyl and issuing a citation on April 4. Therapeutic drug courts have seen lower participation since decriminalization of drug possession.

Clark County’s drug court is quiet in wake of Blake Decision, say officials

May 4, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

Drug possession is no longer a felony in Washington as of 2021. Advocates lauded the change, arguing that criminalization of drugs has historically led to disproportionate imprisonment of people of color. However, lighter consequences for drug possession are pushing more people in Clark County to accept traditional sentences rather than… Read story

Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza defends actions in arrest of suspected shoplifter

Vancouver Police Officer Andrea Mendoza listens to opening statements in her trial for gross misdemeanor assault Thursday at the Clark County Courthouse. Mendoza is accused of assaulting a man she was arresting and threatening to use a Taser on his genitals.

Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza, who’s accused of pulling down the pants of a shoplifting suspect and threatening to use her Taser on his genitals, took the stand to defend herself in her assault trial Friday. Read story

Unjust use of force or self-defense? Attorneys present opening arguments in trial of Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza

A prosecutor told a Clark County District Court jury Thursday that Vancouver police Officer Andrea Mendoza assaulted a suspected shoplifter in May when she exposed his genitals “for no reason” and threatened to use her Taser there after he fought to avoid arrest. Read story