Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller told the Queen Creek Town Council that his office has created a special victims unit and described recent enforcement actions as the council presented a proclamation recognizing victims' rights.

The council read a proclamation designating the observance the council had placed on the agenda; Vice Mayor Martineau read the text on the council chamber dais. Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller then spoke about his office's priorities and the history of crime victims' rights in the United States.

Why it matters: Miller said victims' rights remain central to how his office approaches prosecutions and victim services. He told the council that the Pinal County Attorney's Office has recently launched a special victims unit and conducted several stings targeting child sex trafficking.

Miller said, “In the first three months of my office, I have created a special victims unit dedicated to that very purpose. In those three months, we have run three trafficking stings.” He added that prosecutions can involve people from many walks of life and stressed the office's focus on dignity for victims, invoking the state-level protections he said are guaranteed by Arizona law.

Miller referenced the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights and the statute's origin in the early 1980s, noting its role in shaping how prosecutors and courts treat victims. “We are very fortunate in Arizona that we have a crime victim's bill of rights,” he said. He described his office's work as seeking to uphold those rights and to provide victims with “dignity and respect.”

Council members and the mayor did not take a formal roll-call vote on the proclamation in the portion of the transcript provided; the event was presented as a ceremonial proclamation rather than a policy vote. The remarks that followed the proclamation focused on enforcement priorities, victim services, and outreach, rather than any Town ordinance or local policy change.

The council's agenda included several other ceremonial proclamations and recognitions that evening; the victims' rights proclamation was placed among those ceremonial items and followed by a photo presentation with staff and visiting officials.