Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt today released an end of term report, covering the work of the office during his term. The report includes prosecution data, budget and staffing overviews, as well as modernization efforts and policy initiatives undertaken by the office between 2020 and 2024.
Multnomah County as a community has navigated unique and unprecedented circumstances in the past four years, and MCDA was not unaffected. The report discusses the wide-reaching impacts of the Covid-19 global heath pandemic on the resolution of criminal cases, while also delving into factors that caused additional strain, including Oregon’s now years-long public defender shortage. The report, dedicated to the office’s staff, discusses major projects taken on by the office during DA Schmidt’s tenure, including the implementation of various specialty court programs, development of a number of public-facing data dashboards, and an officewide transition to a new case management system.
Per DA Schmidt: “I’m proud of how the office has risen to the occasion of these unprecedented challenges and withstood substantial pressure over the last four years. The greatest resource of our agency is its people, who are mission-driven and who continue to show up every day to serve their community. It has been a privilege to serve Multnomah County as the District Attorney these past four years.”
If you would like to read the full end of term report, it is now available on MCDA’s public website here.