Court asked to direct supervisors to fund position to help with body cams

Middlesex County Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Hurd filed a lawsuit asking the court to direct the Middlesex Board of Supervisors to fund a full-time assistant commonwealth’s attorney, which he has said is needed due to increased workload required, due to the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office using body-worn cameras, “or order the discontinuance of usage of the body-worn cameras.”

Hurd’s lawsuit was filed July 29 in Middlesex Circuit Court.

Facts

Hurd’s petition states that since 2019 the Virginia state budget “has provided that localities in the commonwealth that employ … body-worn cameras for its law enforcement officers must establish and fund an assistant commonwealth’s attorney.”