Item C: Public Safety Task Force Update

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Rur.al Patrol and Resident Deputies. Add 35 staff(23 df.:puties, 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 a\\!are 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 balamx~d public safety system Detect"ives for Property and Violent Crimes. Add four detectives in the crirninal 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 stok:n property returned to victims" increase in the arrest, prosecution, and incarceration of violent criminals. Part of a balanced public safety system. Assistant f)istritt AttorJH.~Ys~ Investigators, and Support Staff. Provide funds for additional assistant district attorneys to aggressively prosecute all dmg and property crimes; provide legal advice to interagency drug team; institute aU appropriate forfeiture proceedings as part of criminal actions; prosecute all complex identity theft cases which are often part of a dmg scheme. Return all offt..mders to court when they violate probation. Add 13 statTplus one additional deputy medical examiner. Cost. $1,500,000 Results: Prosecute all dmg 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 sllch 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 oflEmders while in detention. Cost: $3,600,000 Results: Provide tor about 700 youth admissions per year and achieve a 65% reduction in re- offenses fi..)1" 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 \Vm'k Camp Capacity. Restore 96 bed third-noor housing unit; restore the Special Management Unit; add 79 beds through double bunking. Bring the Forest \Vork 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 t.o appear for court~ get people into t.reatrnent programs; undertake skill-building. Contributes to an overall reduction in the re- of lending rate Programs and Services to Achieve Identified Goals no August 23, 2005