§28-10.6  Crime research, prevention, andeducation; administrator and staff.  (a)  The department of the attorneygeneral shall initiate, develop, and perform or coordinate programs, projects,and activities, as determined by the attorney general, on the subject of crime,including but not limited to crime research, prevention, and education.  Theattorney general may:

(1)  Research, evaluate, and make recommendationsregarding crime, crime prevention, and the criminal justice system to thegovernor, the legislature, the judiciary, criminal justice agencies, or thegeneral public, as appropriate;

(2)  Develop and implement or coordinate statewidecrime prevention programs and activities including:

(A)  Providing crime prevention trainingprograms for law enforcement agencies, citizens, businesses, and civic groups;and

(B)  Assisting in the organization of crimeprevention teams in communities to encourage the development of community crimeprevention programs;

(3)  Develop public education programs through variousbroadcast or print media to provide to the general public information that willassist citizens in developing the knowledge and confidence to prevent crime andto avoid becoming victims of crime;

(4)  Establish, as deemed by the attorney general tobe necessary or appropriate, citizen and government agency representative studyteams to study specific crime subjects or criminal justice system problems, inorder to obtain input or advice from a more specialized segment of the criminaljustice or public community on those specific matters; and

(5)  Establish trust funds or accounts and receive andexpend financial grants and donations for crime research, prevention, oreducation.

(b)  The attorney general may employ, withoutregard to chapter 76, and at the attorney general's pleasure dismiss, anadministrator to oversee and carry out the programs, projects, and activitieson the subject of crime, as set forth in subsection (a).  The attorney generalmay also employ other support staff, in accordance with chapter 76, necessaryfor the performance or coordination of the programs, projects, and activitieson the subject of crime. [L 1989, c 332, pt of §1; am L 2000, c 253, §150; am L2006, c 300, §5]

 

Case Notes

 

  This section does not authorize the prosecuting attorney touse public funds and resources to advocate for a proposed constitutionalamendment in a general election.  113 H. 446, 153 P.3d 1131.