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Executive Manager, Police Chief, City Attorney, Municipal Court Judge, Assistant Municipal Court <br />Judge, City Prosecutor, Court Administrator, and several other staff members from the Eugene <br />Police Department and Central Services Department. The overarching goals of this new initiative <br />are to address quality of life public safety issues while working in collaboration with community <br />partners to weave together a basket of services to help community members find paths to <br />wellness, and still have a system that holds the most serious offenders accountable. The system <br />will strive to reach a balance of fairness, accountability, and compassion for community members <br />while working to garner the trust of the community. <br /> <br />In order to achieve these goals, the team established seven municipal justice system objectives: <br /> <br />Implement community-based problem solving and restorative justice; <br />Reduce crime and recidivism and minimize repeat customers; <br />Provide individualized treatment for community members; <br />Ensure high system cooperation and compatibility; <br />Strive for quick and swift resolution of cases; <br />Involve, listen to and build trust in the community (including victims); and <br />Work for adaptability of the system and ability to re-evaluate and adjust as needed. <br /> <br />The initiative is intended to create a system that expands the solution set and removes boundaries <br />to provide multiple paths at various contact points to connect the community members with <br />services, support, and alternative resolution. In essence, each facet of the system will approach <br />problem-solving through an expanded lens by offering “off ramps” out of the traditional justice <br />system with the goal of utilizing legal system resources for those cases in need of stronger <br />sanctions or greater accountability. Rather than waiting for cases to reach the court system for <br />triage to alternative sanctions and services, Eugene Police Officers and the City Prosecutor will <br />proactively evaluate each individual situation in order to determine what “off ramps” may apply. A <br />summary of the potential “off ramps” is provided in Attachment B. <br /> <br />#®¬¬´­¨³¸ *´²³¨¢¤ )­¨³¨ ³¨µ¤ 0±®¦±¤²² 4®ȃDate <br />Over the past year, the Community Justice Team has been working on advancing the above <br />objectives via several collaborative efforts, the most significant of which are described below: <br /> <br />Utilizing a $50,000 grant from the State Justice Institute, Municipal Court staff completed a <br />Caseflow Management Assessment that provided a number of recommendations for improving <br />case management at all stages of the municipal justice process. <br />Municipal Court judges and staff, in close coordination with the City Prosecutor’s Office, have <br />been working on reducing the existing case backlog. The team reduced the backlog by 19 <br />percent. <br />Completed implementation of a City Prosecutor electronic case management system. <br />The City Prosecutor’s Office was relocated to a larger and more functional space at the Atrium. <br />Municipal Court staff partnered with the National Center for State Courts to complete an <br />assessment of the existing Mental Health Court program. <br />Eugene Police staff have been conducting community outreach with retail merchants and <br />downtown business owners to inform them about alternative response options and other <br />crime reduction strategies for low-risk offenses, such as theft in the third degree. As part of <br />S:\\CMO\\2016 Council Agendas\\M160615\\S160615A.docx <br /> <br />