1. Makes filing decisions on criminal cases, including referrals, with input from City police (currently the police direct file a significant portion of cases filed in Edmonds Municipal Court); 2. Advises City police on the conduct of investigations, search warrants, trial preparation, seizures and related matters; 3. Interviews witness and victims of crimes and conducts all discovery; 4. Advises victims of their rights and responsibilities; 5. Communicates with victims’ advocates; 6. Represents the City at arraignments, pretrial hearings, motions, bench and jury trials, sentencing, and review hearings and appeals in connection with criminal misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor cases; 7. Represents the City at contested traffic infraction hearings, including traffic camera infractions, when offender isrepresented by an attorney or pro se; 8. Represents the City at all in-custody hearings; 9. Makes appropriate sentencing recommendations to the court; 10. Prepares, presents and responds to legal motions, memoranda and briefs as necessary in the routine prosecution of criminal cases; 11. Prepares subpoenas, jury instructions, and other trial related materials; 12. Provides legal research, training, and assistance to City police in criminal matters, including statutory interpretation, enforcement issues, and case decisions; and creating and maintaining appropriate files; 13. Files and prosecutes criminal code enforcement matters; 14. Files and prosecutes animal control cases; 15. Provides annual reports to the City Council during regular business meetings; 16. Provides quarterly reports to the City detailing cases filed, charges associated with the filings, status of cases, dispositions and sentences imposed and participates in quarterly court update meetings, as requested; 17. Attends annual meetings with City staff, including but not limited to the City’s Human Resource Director, Police Chief and City Attorney; and 18. Provides input to the City on proposed policy when so requested.
