Item B: Public Safety Task Force Update

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Rural Patrol and Resident Deputies. Add 35 staff (23 deputies, two sergeants, five communications officers, one radio technician, and four record officers) as rural patrol and resident deputies to respond to calls for service and to enhance law enforcement presence in unincorporated areas. Cost: $4,900,000 Results: Increase response to priority calls for service and decrease response time. Resident Deputies will provide a presence in communities, be aware of the environment, and develop relationships with residents and businesses which will help prevent criminal activity and solve crimes. These patrol officers and resident deputies will arrest people who commit crimes. Part of a balanced public safety system. Detectives for Property and Violent Crimes. Add four detectives in the criminal investigation section of the Sheriff’s Office; two to focus on property crime and two on violent crimes, supervised by a sergeant. Cost: $800,000 Results: Increase in the prosecution of property criminals and drug cases; more stolen property returned to victims, increase in the arrest, prosecution, and incarceration of violent criminals. Part of a balanced public safety system. Assistant District Attorneys, Investigators, and Support Staff. Provide funds for additional assistant district attorneys to aggressively prosecute all drug and property crimes; provide legal advice to interagency drug team; institute all appropriate forfeiture proceedings as part of criminal actions; prosecute all complex identity theft cases which are often part of a drug scheme. Return all offenders to court when they violate probation. Add 13 staff plus one additional deputy medical examiner. Cost: $1,500,000 Results:Prosecute all drug and property crimes (estimated to be 2000 to 2500 cases annually); at least 90 percent of those charged with a drug or property crime will be convicted and sentenced traditionally or offered alternative programs such as Drug Court. Part of a balanced public safety system. Existing Juvenile Detention Capacity. Open 32 bed detention pod with central control operation; add 38.2 staff. Provide appropriate treatment for youth offenders while in detention. Cost: $3,600,000 Results: Provide for about 700 youth admissions per year and achieve a 65% reduction in re- offenses for those using detention. The additional beds would provide about 66 percent of the identified need. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re-offending rate. Existing Jail and Forest Work Camp Capacity. Restore 96 bed third-floor housing unit; restore the Special Management Unit; add 79 beds through double bunking. Bring the Forest Work Camp up to capacity by adding 25 beds. Cost: $5,700,000 Results: Increased ability to hold offenders longer; decrease offender’s ability to re-offend; hold more sentenced offenders accountable; reduce failures to appear for court; get people into treatment programs; undertake skill-building. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re- offending rate. Programs and Services to Achieve Identified Goals – August 23, 2005 Page 2