Crown prosecutors are having to do their part to uphold the criminal justice system with their hands tied behind their backs, says the president of the B.C. Crown Counsel Association.
Adam Dalrymple says the difficulties prosecutors face in the workplace – large caseloads, diminishing resources, outdated computers and inefficient databases – are contributing to widescale job burnout.
Dalyrmple points to a mental health survey of his membership this past spring which found 52 per cent of survey responses met the test for burnout, while low morale topped out at 42 per cent of responses.