Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council

Welcome to the Official Web Site of the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys' Advisory Council. You can utilize this site to learn about APAAC, and locate a variety of information important to you, the prosecutor. We have provided a number of links that we believe will assist you in accessing or researching useful information. You can proceed directly to links that you are familiar with, explore the site using the menu above, or navigate through the guide below.

The Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys' Advisory Council (APAAC) was created by the Arizona Legislature in 1977 to assist in coordinating the duties of the prosecuting attorneys of this state and their staffs.  Although APAAC provides a variety of services to prosecutors, the primary mission of APAAC is to coordinate and provide training and education to prosecutors throughout Arizona.  APAAC currently serves over 819 full-time state, county and municipal prosecutors.

As noted above, the primary mission of APAAC is to provide education and training to prosecutors, although APAAC through its members, committees and staff provide a variety of other services to prosecutors that include:

• Providing legal research to prosecutors' offices on a daily basis
• Providing a clearing house of relevant national and local information for Arizona prosecutors
• Providing assistance to prosecutors' offices in the preparation of trial briefs, forms and instructions
• Preparing positions on and comments to proposed rule changes from the Arizona Supreme Court
• Conducting research of interest and value to prosecuting attorneys and their staff
• Coordinating amicus briefs to the state appellate courts on issues of statewide concern
• Maintaining liaison contact with agencies of all branches of government, including the state legislature