OLS president Andrew Boog confirmed the law society branch had brought forward its allegations about a breach of the council's code of conduct.

The law society had decided on the course of action after Cr Dickerson made statements about court sentences at Dubbo.

The complaint was to include concerns about intimidation of a judicial officer and bringing the office of mayor into disrepute, among other concerns, under the resolution passed by the OLS in October.

Cr Dickerson defended his stance and last month said he would "keep doing (his) job" and if the complaint was lodged he would "deal with it then".

Mr Boog this month confirmed the complaint had been lodged.

"The OLS assumes the complaint will be dealt with in accordance with council's processes," he said.

"At this stage it is inappropriate to reveal details until the council has had an opportunity to consider it."

The OLS had also resolved in October to invite the mayor, councillors and general manager to meet and to write to Dubbo MP Troy Grant to ask him to support the establishment of a drug court and residential rehabilitation and detoxification centre at Dubbo.

Securing facilities to reduce crime at Dubbo had been one of the topics of discussion when the meeting between the OLS and councillors took place in November.

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Mr Boog provided an update on those efforts as well.

"We can indicate the OLS also lodged a submission with the council with supporting information as requested in relation to some crime prevention strategies, including a drug court and residential rehabilitation facilities in or around Dubbo," he said.

"This is the follow-up from our meeting with the council and we look forward to their response in due course.

"The OLS is confident that the suggestions made, if adopted, would see a significant reduction in crime in our region.

"We look forward to any announcements the local member may be able to make."

Supporting information with the submission included a document from Senior Judge Roger Dive of the Drug Court of NSW, Mr Boog said.

In the document the judge said an interesting indication of the success of the program was a "rather blunt but legitimate calculation of the costs savings achieved for the community".

"A measure of the success of the program can be calculated by looking at the cost that would have been incurred by the community if the participants had simply served their initial sentences," he said in the document.

"In 2004, the 55 successful participants who were not returned to gaol had an average initial sentence with a non-parole period of 15.5 months.

"With the daily cost of imprisonment being $189 per day, those participants would have spent a total of 71 years in (jail), at a cost to the community of approximately $4.8 million."