Bates unveils vision to rebuild state’s attorney’s office [Video]

Ivan Bates unveiled his vision to rebuild the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office.On Tuesday, Bates released a 23-page blueprint that outlines his top goals and establishes five pillars to guide the way.| LINK: Read the state’s attorney’s strategic plan (PDF)Bates said the pillars start with “fairness,” saying he wants to create a procedure for victims and witnesses to share feedback, redesign waiting facilities and develop additional diversion programs to keep people out of the criminal legal system.The second pillar is “accountability” with goals to develop division-level strategic plans and improve the prosecution dashboard.The “collaboration” pillar will mean launching an anonymous satisfaction survey to law enforcement, exploring the creation of a regional prosecution coordination council, re-establishing a community engagement program and pursuing new legislation that holds violent offenders accountable.Bates also wants to see the state’s attorney’s office become driven by technology with an officewide software training curriculum, a website redesign and …